Xu Bing

signed in Pinyin and stamped with an artist's seal, executed in 2002

Private Collection, USA

This work is generally in good condition. There is a minor tear in the upper left edge of the paper on which the work is mounted. Please note that this work was not examined under ultraviolet light.
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Left:
Spring dawn.
Poem by Meng Hao Ran.
I scarcely know it was dawn so sound was the sleep of

Centre:
Spring
Everywhere there was birdsong
All night long was the sough (cough) of wing (wind) and rain
How many flowers

Right:
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.