Fish / Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)

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Accession Number
1949/1.194
Title
Fish
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Artist Life Dates
1864-1957
Medium and Support
ink on paper
Object Creation Date
1920-1949
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
China (nation)
Beijing (municipality)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
China (nation)
Creation Place 3
Beijing (municipality)
Inscription
Signed and inscribed: I once painted Three Fish and inscribed it: painting is what I did in the time remaining after work, poetry in the time remaining after sleep, and calligraphy in the time remaining after carving. This is what I call the three remaining. (in Chinese, "fish" and "remaining" are pronounced the same)
Pai-shih.
Seal: (probably) Pai-shih.
Dimensions
147.32 cm x 64.77 cm (58 in. x 25 1/2 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
hanging scroll
Secondary Object Classification
Painting
Secondary Object Type
bird and flower
Physical Description
The painting depicts three fishes below a calligraphic poem. The poem goes: "I once painted Three Fish and inscribed it: painting is what I did in the time remaining after work, poetry in the time remaining after sleep, and calligraphy in the time remaining after carving. This is what I call the three remaining." (in Chinese, "fish" and "remaining" are pronounced the same)
Subject Matter
Fish.
Primary Keywords
calligraphy
fish
poems
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Image Size
2272 x 2161
File Size
134 KB
Record
1949/1.194
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"Fish; Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.194/1949_1.194.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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