Untitled

Artists

Description

Streaks of red, black, and white vie for supremacy in this painting. Textures of thick pigment, mostly acrylic, add richness to the surface, while the composition seems to suggest a powerful striding figure. Within each of the layers, a calligraphic energy informs the brushwork. Zhuang Zhe, a native of Beijing, was the son of a prominent family of intellectuals who reestablished themselves in Taiwan in 1948. He graduated from National Taiwan Normal University and joined the Fifth Moon Group in 1958. With his wife, a ceramic artist, he resettled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and later moved to New York.

Dimensions

painting proper: 45.5 x 46 cm (17 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.) framed: 47.6 × 47.9 × 4.1 cm (18 3/4 × 18 7/8 × 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Zhuang Zhe, Ann Arbor 1990-1991, gift; to Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 1991-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2016), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016. Footnotes: 1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)