Coffee Dream

Media: Chinese ink and color on paper with traditional paper backing

Size: 13 x 17.5 in.

Date: November 2016

Signed: [in Chinese] Autumn 2016 Lu Kesi

Seals: Mermaid (upper left), M (upper left), [x] (upper center, before inscription), Lukesi (upper right, under signature)

Inscription: Daydreaming about a mint chocolate chip frappuccino with extra whipped cream — From a sketch in the Mustard Seed Garden Manual of painting. Lu Kesi Nov ’16.

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$200

Description

Daydreaming about a mint chocolate chip frappuccino with extra whipped cream.

A color painting by Lu Kesi based on a black and white woodcut illustration from the Ming dynasty Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting—with added commentary not found in the original.