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Peng Wei, B. 1974
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- Peng Wei
- Viewing the Clouds
- ink and color on paper
signed PENG WEI, inscribed, dated December 2016 in Chinese and with three seals of the artist
My dear Keats,
I hear with great pain the dangerous accident that you have undergone, and Mr. Gisborne, who gives me the account of it, adds that you continue to wear a consumptive appearance.
But seriously I think you would do well to pass the winter in Italy after so tremendous an accident…I spare declamation about the statues, and paintings, and ruins, and what is a greater piece of forbearance, about the mountains and streams, the fields, the colors of the sky, and the sky itself…
“The Cenci” I hope you have already received - it was studiously composed in a different style.
Below the good how far! But far above the great!
In poetry I have sought to avoid system and mannerism. I wish those who excel me in genius would pursue the same plan…
A letter from Shelley to Keats / Pisa / July 27, 1820 (excerpt)
My dear Keats,
I hear with great pain the dangerous accident that you have undergone, and Mr. Gisborne, who gives me the account of it, adds that you continue to wear a consumptive appearance.
But seriously I think you would do well to pass the winter in Italy after so tremendous an accident…I spare declamation about the statues, and paintings, and ruins, and what is a greater piece of forbearance, about the mountains and streams, the fields, the colors of the sky, and the sky itself…
“The Cenci” I hope you have already received - it was studiously composed in a different style.
Below the good how far! But far above the great!
In poetry I have sought to avoid system and mannerism. I wish those who excel me in genius would pursue the same plan…
A letter from Shelley to Keats / Pisa / July 27, 1820 (excerpt)