1927.181: Bodhisattva, after Wanfoxia Frescoes

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1927.181

People

Allan Clark, American (Missoula, MT 1896 - 1950 Grand Junction, CO)

Title

Bodhisattva, after Wanfoxia Frescoes

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Copies of Frescoes in Caves Visited by Second Expedition to China

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1925

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306351

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on buff laid paper

Dimensions

42 x 24 cm (16 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
lower sheet: 13.2 x 24 cm (5 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
upper sheet: 28.5 x 24 cm (11 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: red stamp with Chinese characters, u.r.: [seal of [Allan] Clark]
• label: l.r. of face mat, paper, stamped: 72
• inscription: verso, black watercolor: Wan Fo Hsia / Cave 5 / Bodhisattva on South East Wall
• inscription: verso, graphite, erased: Cave [inserted in black ink: 5] [rest of graphite inscription illegible; "east" inserted into erased inscription twice in black ink]
• inscription: verso, graphite: [encircled:] 1 [or 7?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Allan Clark, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Allan Clark

Accession Year

1927

Object Number

1927.181

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Drawing made on two sheets of paper joined end to end.

Commentary

This is copied from a fresco on the southeast wall of Cave 5 at Wanfoxia (=Wan Fo Hsia), Kansu province, China.

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