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Two figures in red-brimmed hats beside a tree, ink painting – Antique Print

Two figures in red-brimmed hats beside a tree, ink painting — historic print
Two figures in red-brimmed hats beside a tree, ink painting. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Two figures in red-brimmed hats beside a tree, ink painting comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Two figures in red-brimmed hats beside a tree, ink painting

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Two figures wearing wide hats with red brims stand together beside a single tree, rendered entirely in ink. Ink painting of this kind draws on East Asian brush traditions, where a few confident strokes suggest bark, foliage and posture, and the bare paper around the figures carries much of the composition. Works in this manner were often made as hanging scrolls or album leaves and valued for their economy and quiet mood. Because this piece sits among the Japanese works on paper, it rewards a close look at how the ink shifts from dark to pale across the surface.

Original scan4,754 × 3,781 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
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