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Table 2 Details of paintings representing Shanghai phase whose supports were studied

From: Technical examination of Liu Kang’s Paris and Shanghai painting supports (1929–1937)

Title and inventory numbera

Date

Genre

Dimensions H × W (cm)

Orientation

Standard number

Standard format

Painted on earlier composition

Painted on the reverse side

Type of auxiliary support strainer/stretcher/rigid support

Major treatments impacting the examination of the canvases

Lining

Strip lining

Loose lining

Red and white walls

1933

Landscape

55 × 45.5

Vertical

10

Portrait

      

Courtyard with tree

1933

Landscape

55.5 × 45.5

Vertical

10

Portrait

      

Countryside landscape

1933

Landscape

45 × 54.5

Horizontal

10

Portrait

      

Autumn countryside

1933

Landscape

45.5 × 54.5

Horizontal

10

Portrait

      

Farmhouse and field

1933

Landscape

60 × 72.5

Horizontal

20

Portrait

      

Pagoda near Shanghai

1933

Landscape

73 × 59

Vertical

20

Portrait

      

Courtyard, Shanghai

1933

Landscape

73 × 60

Vertical

20

Portrait

      

Still life with green stool

1933

Still life

56 × 46

Vertical

10

Portrait

Yes

     

Working at the fields, Acc. no. 2003-03258

1933

Landscape

49.5 × 64

Horizontal

15

Landscape

  

Strainer

 

Yes

Yes

Countryside in China, Acc. no. 2003-03299

1933

Landscape

60.5 × 72

Horizontal

20

Portrait

  

Plywood board

Yes

  

Countryside near Shanghai

1934

Landscape

46 × 54

Horizontal

10

Portrait

      

Village lane

1934

Landscape

45 × 54

Horizontal

10

Portrait

Yes

     

Farmhouses

1934

Landscape

45 × 54

Horizontal

10

Portrait

      

Rustic landscape

1934

Landscape

54 × 46

Vertical

10

Portrait

Yes

     

Backyard, Acc. no. 2003-03252

1934

Landscape

59.5 × 72.5

Horizontal

20

Portrait

Yes

 

Strainer

   

Pagoda

1935

Landscape

45 × 55

Horizontal

10

Portrait

Yes

     

Seascape near Shanghai

1935

Landscape

65 × 50

Vertical

15

Landscape

Yes

     

House on the hill

1936

Landscape

64 × 49

Vertical

15

Landscape

      

Street market I

1936

Landscape

45 × 54.5

Horizontal

10

Portrait

Yes

     

Street market II

1936

Landscape

46 × 55

Horizontal

10

Portrait

Yes

     

Seaside near Shanghai

1936

Landscape

46 × 55

Horizontal

10

Portrait

      

Seascape

1936

Landscape

50 × 64

Horizontal

15

Landscape

Yes

     

Nude, Acc. no. 2003-03367

1936

Nude

46 × 54.5

Horizontal

10

Portrait

Yes

 

Plywood board

Yes

  

Waterfall, Acc. no. 2003-03247

1936

Landscape

65 × 50

Vertical

15

Landscape

Yes

 

Strainer

 

Yes

Yes

Mount Huangshan, Acc. no. 2003-03369

1936

Landscape

66 × 50

Vertical

15

Landscape

Yes

 

Strainer

 

Yes

Yes

Seaside, Acc. no. 2003-03318

1936

Landscape

45 × 54

Horizontal

10

Portrait

Yes

 

Plywood board

Yes

  
  1. aAccession numbers indicate paintings from the NGS collection. Titles without the accession numbers are from Liu family collection