Chen Qikuan (Chen Chi-Kwan)

titled, signed CHEN QIKUAN, and with one seal of the artist

Acquired directly from the artist in 1979
Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection

Painting and Architecture of Chen Chi-kwan. Taiwan: Taipei Fine Art Museum, 2004, p. 83 and p. 220, no. 172

This work is in good condition overall. Hanging scroll.
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Monkeyscape provides a different vantage point of viewing the Yakasugi Forest macaques in play. With a keen eye for design, Chen Qikuan creates an aesthetic pattern from a landscape only visible when near. The sponge-like brush patterns of the trees are interspersed among organic blue patches of sky and branches. Up close, monkeys and deer appear to float in-between, thus creating miniature scenes throughout the painting.