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

Lizun, Damian; Kurkiewicz, Teresa; Szczupak, Bogusław

doi:10.1186/s40494-021-00492-6

Heritage Science

Table 4 Summary of canvas characteristic of Shanghai phase paintings

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

Title and inventory number^a	Date	Primary cusping	Weave	Average thread count/cm	Direction of warp	Twist	Fibre	Type of canvas
Red and white walls	1933	Yes	Plain	V 15 × H 19	Horizontal	Z	Cotton	1
Courtyard with tree	1933	Yes	Plain	V 15 × H 20	Horizontal	Z	Cotton	1
Countryside landscape	1933	Yes	Plain	V 19 × H 16	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Autumn Countryside	1933	Yes	Plain	V 20 × H 17	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Farmhouse and field	1933	No	Plain	V 15 × H 19	Horizontal	Z	Cotton	1
Pagoda near Shanghai	1933	No	Plain	V 19 × H 15	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Courtyard, Shanghai	1933	No	Plain	V 19 × H 15	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Still life with green stool	1933	No	Plain	V 20 × H 18	Vertical	Z	Linen	Paris 2
Working at the fields, Acc. no. 2003–03258	1933		Plain	V 19 × H 17	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Countryside in China, Acc. No. 2003–03299	1933		Plain	V 17 × H 19	Horizontal	Z	Cotton	1
Countryside near Shanghai	1934	Yes	Plain	V 18 × H 16	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Village lane	1934	Yes	Plain	V 19 × H 16	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Farmhouses	1934	No	Plain	V 19 × H 15	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Rustic landscape	1934	No	Plain	V 15 × H 19	Horizontal	Z	Cotton	1
Backyard, Acc. no. 2003–03252	1934	No	Plain	V 19 × H 21	Horizontal	Z	Linen	Paris 2
Pagoda	1935	Yes	Plain	V 18 × H 16	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Seascape near Shanghai	1935	Yes	Plain	V 15 × H 18	Horizontal	Z	Cotton	1
House on the hill	1936	Yes	Plain	V 10 × H 11	Horizontal	S	Linen	2
Street market I	1936	No	Plain	V 10 × H 10	Horizontal	S	Linen	2
Street market II	1936	No	Plain	V 19 × H 15	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Seaside near Shanghai	1936	Yes	Plain	V 10 × H 10		S	Linen	2
Seascape	1936	Yes	Plain	V 17 × H 19	Horizontal	Z	Cotton	1
Nude, Acc. no. 2003–03367	1936	Yes	Plain	V 18 × H 17	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Waterfall, Acc. no. 2003–03247	1936	Yes	Plain	V 10 × H 10		S	Linen	2
Mount Huangshan, Acc. No. 2003–03369	1936		Plain	V 19 × H 16	Vertical	Z	Cotton	1
Seaside, Acc. No. 2003–03318	1936		Plain	V 11 × H 10	Vertical	S	Linen	2

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

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