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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1968.72
People
Ren Yi 任頤, Chinese (1840 - 1896)
Title
The Great Tree
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Old Trees
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
dated 1881
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/202371

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper; with signature of artist reading "Shanyin Ren Yi Fu Bonian"
Dimensions
184.5 x 82.2 cm (72 5/8 x 32 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Shanyin Ren Yi Fu Bonian

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Asian Art Objects Fund
Accession Year
1968
Object Number
1968.72
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2001-2002 (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 37

Exhibition History

  • East Asia in the Nineteenth Century, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/05/1994 - 08/21/1994
  • 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

Verification Level

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