• Dimension: Height: 16 in (40.6 cm) Length: 13 in (33.0 cm) Width: 5 1/2 in (14.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $6000
• Estimate To: $8000

The color and ink on paper circular painting depicts two crickets with inscription and signed Baishi with seal marks, all within hardwood frame and screen.

Provenance: Property from a private collection, San Francisco
齊白石的草蟲畫豐富了花鳥畫的表現領域和表現手法，提高了草蟲畫在中國畫中的地位，為這一畫種樣式樹立了新的成功範例。齊白石的草蟲畫往往俗中見雅，小中見大，反映了中國人對平凡生活樂趣的嚮往。此插屏硬木為材，鑲嵌水墨紙本圓畫，畫中繪小蟲兩兩相對，款識白石，印文齊大，白石翁，三百石印齋。 來源：三藩市私人藏家收藏