Lu Ping (b. 1961): River of Clear Water

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Artist: Lu Ping (b. 1961)

Title:River of Clear Water

Series: Views of Suzhou in China

Publisher:Self-published; limited edition no. # 30/150.

Date:1997 (in pencil)

Medium:watercolor, woodblock print

Size/Format:paper size: 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (wide margins partly cropped in this illustration only)

Description:Signed: Lu Ping (in pencil), with artist's seal. - Will be shipped rolled in a tube.

Reserve: $850.00

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Fine overall (the greyish shading seen in the unprinted part , - the wide margins of the large print, i.e. -, is in the photgraphy only), a few faint foxing marks, else in fine condition.

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Lu Ping (b. 1961): River of Clear Water

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