Artist:

Wang Tongyu (1855-1941)  Search this

Medium:

Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on gold-flecked paper

Dimensions:

H x W (image, each): 146.5 x 33.3 cm (57 11/16 x 13 1/8 in)

Type:

Calligraphy

Origin:

China

Date:

1935

Period:

Modern period

Provenance:

To 1998

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, to 1998

From 1998

Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1998 [1]

Notes:

[1] All Chinese calligraphy in the gift were published in Mr. Ellsworth's Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950, vol. 3 (New York: Random House, 1986) (according to Curatorial Note 4, Joseph Chang, May 19, 1998, in the object record).

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014)

Topic:

Modern period (1912 - present)  Search this

running script  Search this

China  Search this

couplet  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art

Accession Number:

F1998.209.1-2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3243fb64c-5ca3-4f73-9a0a-217bc2771282

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1998.209.1-2