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Li Qun (1912-2012)

Portrait of Lu Xun

1936

Woodblock print

12 x 10 cm

Li Qun sent this portrait to Lu Xun, then finally met him just days before Lu died. On the upper right are two shelves of books. In the lower left, a hand grasps a nibbed pen, with a dog looking up at it. Li Qun was a founding member of the League of Left-Wing Artists in 1933, and during the Second Sino-Japanese War (War of Resistance) taught at the Lu Xun Academy of Art and Literature (LuYi) in Yan’an.

Muban Educational Trust registration number livqv029