King of Paintings---"Peonies" 画王---《国色天香》

Creator(s)

An-Ping LIU 刘安平

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Date

1995

Format

Photograph

Description

These black-and-white photographs capture two paintings of peonies from the art fair "King of Paintings---'Peonies'", which was introduced by the artist in commemoration of the XX anniversary of the "Speech at the Forum of Art and Literature in Yan'an". There is a stamp with Chinese words "The Office of Making Paintings of Peonies (国色天香创作办公室)" on each photograph, and artist appointed himself as the director of this office. For more information on this work, see https://digital.kenyon.edu/zhoudocs/490/. (Yifan Shang '25)