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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.51
People
Allan Clark, American (Missoula, MT 1896 - 1950 Grand Junction, CO)
Title
Hand of Bodhisattva, after Wanfoxia Frescoes
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1925
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306414

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on buff laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 16.2 x 15.4 cm (6 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: red stamp with Chinese characters, l.r.: [seal of [Allan] Clark]
  • label: l.r. of face mat, paper, stamped and handwritten: 41 [crossed out; inscribed in graphite: 51]
  • inscription: verso, black watercolor: Bodhisattva. Cave 25 / east chief panel
  • inscription: verso, graphite, erased, and black ink: Bodhisattva [inscription mostly illegible; "right" inserted in black ink]

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
1928
Object Number
1928.51
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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