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Three Gibbons
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Three Gibbons

Original Language TitleSan Yuan Tu
Artist Chen Wen Hsi (Singaporean, born China, 1906 - 1991)
Date20th century
MediumInk and color on laid paper
DimensionsUnframed: 15 1/2 × 23 inches (39.37 × 58.42 cm)
Framed: 30 3/4 × 21 1/8 × 7/8 inches (78.11 × 53.67 × 2.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert L. Bloch
Object numberF97-30
Signedu.l.: Wenxi yucheng (?) huazhi
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DescriptionThree gibbons climbing wintry trees with red leaves scarcely spread through the trees. The image concentrates on the right hand side of the picture. The three gibbons are hanging on the upper, middle and lower sections of the tree trunk. The bodies of the gibbons are painted blue with black ink, while their faces are painted red and white. Two trees extend from the lower right hand side of the painting; one leans toward the left, the other one to the right. They cross each other on the top.
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