Wang Wusheng
Two Dragon Pines, Taken at West Sea
1979
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Wang Wusheng
Two Dragon Pines, Taken at West Sea
1979
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Overall: 1219 × 1727 mm. (48 × 68 in.)
Credit Line
Julius Levy Memorial Fund
Object Number
2022.211
Despite its title, Two Dragon Pines,Taken at West Sea, there is no sea in this image. Instead, clouds fill the void within the mountainous expanse. The twisted branches of pine trees rise up like two alert dragons from the rolling clouds and cresting peaks. The artist’s philosophical perspective is evident in his reference to qi (vital energy), a basic principle of Daoism: “These mountains are not mountains, they are the mountains of my mind, they are Qi, black, gray, and white balanced to be energy.”
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2022; Brenda Edelson, Santa Fe; unnamed surrealist dealer, NY
Frances Klapthor, "The Way of Nature: Art from Japan, China, and Korea," Baltimore Museum of Art, September 21, 2025-March 1, 2026
