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Art Book Co., Ltd., Taipei [Published date: 1984]. Hardcover, 132 pp; illustrated throughout with full-page color reproductions of fine-line (gongbi) paintings of flowers, birds, and insects; 26 cm. First edition, published February 28, 1984. Text in Chinese and English.
In very good condition with good dust jacket. Red marbled paper over boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 2" tear along the bottom of the crease of the jacket flap and a few other smaller nicks and tears and light creasing along edges. Light overall scuffing and soiling to jacket as well. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Wu Yi-qing (also Ng Yi-ching) (b. 1930, Taishan, southern China) was trained in traditional flower-and-bird painting of the Five Dynasties and Song styles, later synthesizing Southern Chinese School methods, Western watercolor, and modern approaches. After living many years in Argentina, he gained international recognition with exhibitions in Buenos Aires and the United States. This volume presents 120 works with bilingual poetic captions, including depictions of peonies, lotus, bamboo, sparrows, orioles, parrots, and mynahs. Introductory sections include a biographical sketch of the artist and a publisher's essay by Ho Kung-Shang.