Published by Fine Arts Gallery, College of Creative Arts, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, 1999
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Large quarto in yellow stiff paper wrapsl 127 pages: numerous illustrations & photos (some color), portraits; 28 cm. Uncommon. Beautiful works by this celebrated Chinese artist. Text in English and Chinese. Introduction by Mark Johnson; essay by Ba Tong. Catalog of an exhibition presented at the Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, Sept. 24-Nov. 20, 1999 "Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (Chinese: ???; Wade-Giles: Chang Ta-ch'ien; 1899 - 1983) was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. Originally known as a guohua (traditionalist) painter, by the 1960s he was also renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter. In addition, he is regarded as one of the most gifted master forgers of the twentieth century."-Wikipedia " Fine(-) with two tiny, supeficial, partial hairline cracks.