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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.78
People
Hung Hsien (Margaret Chang, Hong Xian) 洪嫻, Chinese (Yangzhou, China born 1933)
Title
Moonland ('Yueqing baishi')
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Yüeh-ching pai-shih
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
hanging scroll, painting
Date
1970
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192052

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper; with signature of the artist reading Hung Hsien; and with red, square, intaglio seal of the artist reading Hung Hsien
Dimensions
77.4 x 71.3 cm (30 1/2 x 28 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: artist's seal and signature: Hong Xian [Hung Hsien]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Professor and Mrs. Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, KS, USA, Purchased from the artist, Gift to the HUAM.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Yao-wen and Chu-tsing Li in honor of John M. Rosenfield, Robert D. Mowry and Shiu-ying Hu
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.78
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Tradition and Synthesis: 19th- and 20th-Century Works from East Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/22/2001 - 06/09/2002
  • Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005

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