Hand of Bodhisattva, after Wanfoxia Frescoes

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1928.52
People: Allan Clark, American (Missoula, MT 1896 - 1950 Grand Junction, CO)
Title: Hand of Bodhisattva, after Wanfoxia Frescoes
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1925
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306444

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on buff laid paper

Dimensions

actual: 16.4 x 15.7 cm (6 7/16 x 6 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: red stamp with Chinese characters, l.r.: [seal of [Allan] Clark]
label: l.r. of mat, paper, stamped and handwritten: 39 [crossed off; inscribed in graphite: 52]
inscription: u.l. of verso, black watercolor: Cave 25 / Hand of Bodhisattva / East chief panel
inscription: verso, graphite, erased, and black ink: [inscription mostly illegible; "extreme left" inserted in black ink]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Allan Clark, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Allan Clark
Accession Year: 1928
Object Number: 1928.52
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary: This is copied from a fresco on the east chief panel of Cave 25 at Wanfoxia (=Wan Fo Hsia), Kansu province, China.

Verification Level

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