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Solitary Colors of the Autumn Woods

Wang Jianzhang (Chinese, active 1621–1662), first half 1600s.

Solitary Colors of the Autumn Woods
Solitary Colors of the Autumn Woods — Cleveland Museum of Art

Using it on a cover

The print file prints up to 3.5 x 11.3 in at 300 ppi — fine for smaller trims or inset artwork, but too small to fill a 6 x 9 in cover at 300 ppi. Taller than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 54% of the height.

About the work

Two gentlemen stand outside a thatched hut in a dense forest; some trees have bare branches indicating that the season is early autumn. Wang Jianzhang’s inscribed poem refers to a chapter called “Autumn Water” from Zhuangzi , a famous Daoist text written in the 3rd century BC: "Cold frost falls on the fences, / Solitary colors scatter the maples.

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