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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.58.32
People
Yi Kyu-ok; alternative name: Yun-chae (1916 - 1999)
Title
Branch of Fruiting Loquat
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
hanging scroll, painting
Date
Colonial to Republican period, mid-to late 20th Century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/93457

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper; with inscription, signature and two seals of the artist
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 127.4 x W. 32.1 cm (50 3/16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Upper middle, in black ink: Yun-chae [written in Chinese characters]
  • seal: artist's seal, middle, immediately following signature: square, red, intaglio seal reading "Yi Kyu Ok In". The character for "Ok" is rare; it consists of a "metal" radical on the left, and the character for jade on the right.
  • inscription: vertically oriented brush-written inscription and signature at the upper right quadrant: the signature reads "Yun-chae".

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr., Alvin, Texas (by 1968-2002), estate sale; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Footnote:
1. Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr. (1931-2002)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell, by exchange
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.58.32
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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