Print Item Number: N1.568 a-w from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Twenty-three (parts a-w) copies of calligraphy samples in different styles by various people. The calligraphy prints consist of black Chinese characters on different types of paper. Part a: characters with six red seals on one side, and two red seals on the other side on a biscuit-coloured background; b: characters with two red seals on each side on a moss green background; c: characters with two red seals on one side on a horizontal rectangular white background; d: characters with one red seal on one side on a square-like white background; e: two vertical white rectangular backgrounds that have characters with one, and two red seals on one side respectively; f: two vertical biscuit-coloured rectangular backgrounds that have small characters with two red seals at one corner, and spread out characters with one red seal near a corner respectively; g: big characters with three red seals on a horizontal biscuit-coloured rectangular background; h: small characters with one red seal slightly off to one side on a horizontal biscuit-coloured rectangular background; i: characters with one red seal on a horizontal biscuit-coloured rectangular background; j: characters with two red seals at one bottom corner, and one red seal at the other bottom corner on a horizontal biscuit-coloured rectangular background; k: characters with three large square red seals on a biscuit-coloured background; l: characters with one red seal on a biscuit-coloured background; m: characters with one red seal at one bottom corner on a vertical white background while on the side opposite that of this one red seal, there is a smaller vertical rectangular white outline within which, there is a red seal; n: characters arranged in an arch-like shape with two red seals on a biscuit-coloured background; o: characters with one red seal above one character, and a single line of characters on the other side on a biscuit-coloured background; p: large characters or symbols with two red seals on one side on a horizontal white rectangular background while on the side opposite that of these two red seals, there is a single vertical line of characters with one red seal below on a thin vertical white rectangular background, and across the bottom, there are small characters with a red seal at either side on a thin horizontal white rectangular background; q: characters with one red seal on the outer edge, and two red seals just off centre separating these characters from larger ones on the side on a white background; r: characters on a white background; s: characters with one red seal at one bottom corner on a white background, and characters with two small red seals around the respective upper corner border; t: characters with two square red seals at one bottom corner, and one square red seal at the opposite upper corner on a white background; u: characters with two square red seals at one bottom corner, and one red oval seal at the opposite upper corner on a white background; v: three equally spaced equal-sized vertical white rectangles that have characters with one, four, and two red seals respectively; and w: characters with one red seal near the middle, and a pair of red seals just off the edges at each side on a dark green background.