# Ghosts

**Yao Luan** (Chinese, 19th century)  
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893  
Album of twelve leaves; ink on paper  
33.7 × 35.6 cm (13 1/4 × 14 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.105.13. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/46356).

## About this work

Yao Luan painted this in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of album of twelve leaves; ink on paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Album leaf.** A page from an album, meant to be held and looked at closely, one opening at a time.
- **Ink on paper.** Ink made from soot and animal glue, ground with water on an inkstone. A single brush can give a hair-fine line or a broad wash, and nothing can be corrected.

### [Yao Luan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/yao-luan)

Chinese, 19th century

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: China
- Real size: about 13 × 14 in (33 × 35 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Chinese painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/chinese-painting)
- Subjects: Chinese (culture or style)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

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