1956.122.6: Man Watching Geese
PaintingsA painted image of a man standing on the side of a piece of land next to some water with geese floating. The man is to the bottom-left of the image looking to the right of the image and is wearing a white and grey robe with blue ribbons. His black hair is up in a bun on top of his head. Behind him the light green land is tall and reaches up. The background is light grey. Around the man are small, black trees, leaves, green grass, and a pink bamboo barrier in front of him to the right. To the right of the image is some low, grey water with two white geese floating in it. The geese are close to each other and their bodies are facing the man. Their heads are turned towards each other. There are two vertical rows of Chinese writing on black ink to the right of the image. There is a small, red symbol at the bottom of the writing.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1956.122.6
- People
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Qian Hui'an 錢慧安, Chinese (1833 - 1911)
- Title
- Man Watching Geese
- Classification
- Paintings
- Work Type
- painting, album leaf
- Date
- late 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/199694
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- One leaf from an album of nine leaves; ink and light colors on paper, with signature reading "Qian Hui An"
- Dimensions
- 26.4 x 32.9 cm (10 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Qian Huian
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Dr. Arnold Knapp, New York (by 1951-1956), bequest; to the Fogg Museum, 1956.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Dr. Arnold Knapp
- Accession Year
- 1956
- Object Number
- 1956.122.6
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 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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