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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.623
People
Dong Shouping 董壽平, Chinese (1904 - 1997)
Title
View of Mount Huang
Other Titles
Title: 黃山小景
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/319279

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 85 × W. 45.5 cm (33 7/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
overall mounting: H. 201 × W. 61.8 cm (79 1/8 × 24 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription:


    黃山小景 董壽平寫於首都
    [View of Mount Huang; painted by Dong Shouping in the capital]
  • seal: of artist, following signature; square, relief: 壽平 [Shouping]
  • seal: lower left; square, intaglio: 生於甲辰 Sheng yu jiachen [born in the stem year Jiachen (1904)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dong Shouping, Beijing (by 1997), acquired; by Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 1997-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2021), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Note:
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
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.623
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The hanging scroll frames a vertically oriented painting in black ink. Towering mountains fill the bottom three-quarters of the composition. In the foreground, a tall pine tree with horizontally creeping branches stands over a rocky outcropping in the bottom center. Another jagged cliff is visible beyond it to the left, and on the other side of a stretch of mist are two taller and more distant peaks. The central tree is rendered in solid black ink as though backlit. The craggy surfaces of the rocks employ dry brush, and the enshrouding mists are formed from layered washes. A line of Chinese characters runs along the middle of the right side, and two red square seals are found below the inscription and on the bottom left corner.

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. 43

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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