C.C. Wang: Recent works

Wang, Chi ch'ien

ISBN 10: 0961743344 / ISBN 13: 9780961743345

Published by EastWest Studios, 1993

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Softcover. Signed by the author/artist, C. C. Wang; no other markings. Text in English and Chinese. Ships in a box. Fast shipping from NYC! Seller Inventory # 0113201713

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Title: C.C. Wang: Recent works

Publisher: EastWest Studios

Publication Date: 1993

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Not issued

Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis:

Chi-Chien Wang (1907 - 2003), better known as C. C. Wang, was a Chinese-born artist and art collector based in New York City. His collection of ancient Chinese paintings is consistently listed as one of the greatest such collections in the world. In 1998, 25 paintings from his collection were given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Examples of his own paintings are the last authentic examples of "literati art" from China. Several expatriates practiced the style after the Communist revolution, but he was the last to die of those who practiced it, and the style was not permitted immediately after the revolution. Subsequent generations had no one to pass the style onto, and so it died out with the few expatriates practicing abroad, like Wang. This publication is from an exhibition of his works in 1993.