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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. pp. [4], 128, [1]. No date, most likely 1980's. Large folio size, 15" by 10 1/2". Illustrated in full color. In both Chinese and English. English text by Xie Zhi-Liu. Printed by Shanghai Fine Arts Printing House. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Dust jacket has some edge wear, overall a very attractive book. From the preface, "In compiling this pictorical album, . . . a total of 121 masterpieces painted by 63 of the most prominent contemporary artists who either made their abode in Shanghai or resided in Shanghai for a certain period of time. This is, indeed, a pioneering act, in so far as Shanghai is concerned, for pictorical albums of this kind have no precedent in Shanghai." Includes paintings by Zhang Zixiang, Ren Weichang, Xu Gu, Zhu Menglu, Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo, Wu Qiunong, Lu Lianfu, Cheng Yaosheng, Zhu Qizhan, Ling Fengming, Zhang Daqian, Huang Huanwu, Lu Yanshao, Xie Zhiliu, Tang Yun, Ying Yeping, Shen Roujian, Cheng Shifa, Chen Peiqiu, Liu Danzhai, among many others. Beautiful illustrations on high quality paper. A scarce item.