Xue Song Golden Tiger Screenprint, Printer's Proof Signed In Pencil, Red Collage Ground, Sheet 74 x 73 cm
Xue Song Golden Tiger Screenprint, Printer's Proof Signed In Pencil, Red Collage Ground, Sheet 74 x 73 cm
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| Figure | cm | in |
|---|---|---|
| Image width | 65.0 cm | 25.6 in |
| Image height | 65.0 cm | 25.6 in |
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- As Found
The tiger at the water's edge
For a Year of the Tiger birthday or a collection of Chinese contemporary art.
Best for: Chinese contemporary art collections
Condition notes
A small crease at the upper left corner of the sheet. Otherwise described as in very good order, kept in a smoke free home.
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A crouching tiger drawn in fine gold line over a deep red ground of collaged fragments, a proof sheet signed by Xue Song.
The Piece
The tiger lowers its head as if to drink, every stripe and whisker traced in gold and white over a field of reds that breaks, close to, into torn printed matter. The paper is a heavy mould made sheet with a soft deckle, and the margin carries the PP mark of a printer's proof and the artist's pencil signature.
The sheet measures about 74 by 73 cm with an image of about 65 cm square, offered unframed and shipped rolled in a rigid tube.
Xue Song
Xue Song, born in Anhui in 1965 and working in Shanghai, became known in the 1990s for pictures built from burnt fragments of books, posters and calligraphy, a method that began after a fire destroyed his studio. The scorched collage gives his images a ground that is both decorative and loaded with the printed history of modern China, and his editions carry the same layered surface into print.
Details
- Artist: Xue Song
- Subject: Tiger
- Medium: Print on mould made paper
- Edition: Printer's proof, marked PP, signed in pencil
- Sheet: About 74 x 73 cm (29.1 x 28.7 in)
- Image: About 65 x 65 cm
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- A small crease at the upper left corner of the sheet.
- Otherwise in very good order, kept in a smoke free home.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade B (very good) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Offered as a printer's proof signed by Xue Song and as the margin shows. No certificate accompanies the sheet. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with rigid protection and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
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