Eastern Sensibility With a Western Flavor: The Art of Shi Mo, 2004, VG SC

Derbyshire, John. Shimo Art Studio. 2004.

English and Chinese, First Edition, VG, SC, 4to, 12 ½”  X 10 ½”, 120 pp.

ISBN: 9789629620875

Near Fine quarto, stiff white paper wraps, blind stamped characters and black lettering to cover. Tightly bound and unmarked throughout. Very Good, white pictorial dust jacket with silver gilt lettering to cover and spine, minor shelf wear to top edge, closed tear to head, and “display copy” sticker to back panel. Text in Chinese and English. 120 pp. replete with full-color and black-and-white reproductions.  From the Foreword by John Derbyshire: “The first thing that strikes a Western eye when viewing the paintings of Shi Mo is that he is indisputably and unmistakably a Chinese artist, working in the grand tradition of his nation, a tradition that stretches far back into dim antiquity. No-one but a Chinese painter could take such pains to bring out the inward essence of objects in nature, or show human figures in such serene stillness, or deploy empty, unmarked surfaces to such effect.”