Ming Sun Tai picked up the one-stringed banjo. In the silence there struck four sharp successive notes that leaped from the vibrating string

Ming Sun Tai picked up the one-stringed banjo. In the silence there struck four sharp successive notes that leaped from the vibrating string
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Ming Sun Tai picked up the one-stringed banjo. In the silence there struck four sharp successive notes that leaped from the vibrating string

Ming Sun Tai picked up the one-stringed banjo. In the silence there struck four sharp successive notes that leaped from the vibrating string

Date1920
Artist (American illustrator, 1888–1965)
Illustration Citation"Joss," by Hugh Wiley, in The Saturday Evening Post, February 21, 1920.
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions26 × 25 in. (66 × 63.5 cm)
frame: 32 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (81.9 × 79.4 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 1985
Object number1985-27
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ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn this mystery story about fateful encounters and stolen gold in San Francisco, an old Chinese man performs rituals in front a shrine that includes icons of several religions. Henry Soulen took advantage of a scene that occurs in a dark room by highlighting intense colors and complex patterns.
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