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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2014.522
People
Liu Kuo Sung (Liu Guosong) 劉國松, Chinese (born 1932 )
Title
Diary of Silk Road Travels: Night
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
hanging scroll, painting
Date
1999
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/319252

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Set of eight paintings mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each painting: 15.1 x 15.1 cm (5 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
full mounting: 205 x 107 cm (80 11/16 x 42 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • seal: two artist's seals on each painting: 1) Square red relief seal: "Liu"
    2) Square red intaglio seal: "Guosong"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Liu Guosong, Taipei (1999-by 2004?), probably gift; to Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 2007?-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2014), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014.

Footnotes:
1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Chu-tsing Li Collection, Gift of B U.K. Li in memory of Chu-tsing Li, Yao-wen Kwang Li, and Teri Ho Li
Copyright
© Liu Kuo-sung
Accession Year
2014
Object Number
2014.522
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Eight square paintings featuring scenes evoking the dessert sands of China's remote northwest region are mounted on a wide hanging scroll and arranged in a grid pattern, with four paintings in a row above another row of four paintings below.

Publication History

  • Robert D. Mowry and Claudia Brown, A Tradition Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection, 1950-2000, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass., 2007), cat. 16

Exhibition History

  • A Tradition Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection, 1950-2000, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 06/28/2008 - 09/14/2008; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, 10/11/2008 - 01/04/2009; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, 02/11/2009 - 05/24/2009

Verification Level

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