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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
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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.

Verification Level

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