Xu Bing

executed in 2003
signed and titled in Square Word Calligraphy, and marked with one seal of the artist

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Spring Dawn, Poem by Meng Hao Ran



I scarcely know it was dawn, so sound was the sleep of spring.
Everywhere there was birdsong.
All night long was the sound of wind and rain.
How many flowers have fallen to the ground?



Meng Hao Ran was a Chinese poet during the Tang dynasty.
Unsuccessful in his official career, he mainly lived in and wrote about his birthplace.



Calligraphy by Xu Bing.

紐約， Goedhuis Contemporary畫廊
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英國，倫敦，薩奇美術館，〈水墨：中國的藝術〉二〇一二年六月十九日至七月五日，42頁

郭繼生，〈當代中國水墨畫〉（美國，紐約，Distributed Art Publishers；中國，香港，Timezone 8，二〇一〇年），256至257頁

Overall in good condition. Overall framed dimensions: 146 by 77.3 cm; 57½ by 77½ in. each
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徐冰是國際知名的當代藝術家，擅用古代版畫及書法技巧，為當代中國藝術開拓新天地，創造出以語言和涵義為題的重要革新之作。1994年，徐冰開始創作《英文方塊字書法》系列，將英文字母融入漢字方塊形態。

《春曉》取材自孟浩然同名詩篇。孟浩然（公元689至740年）乃深具影響力的唐代詩人，以富個人風格的五言律詩而聞名，題材主要環繞山水田園和生活場景。畫中的詩句描述詩人在雨後春曉中醒來，抒發惜春之情。