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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1927.178
People
Allan Clark, American (Missoula, MT 1896 - 1950 Grand Junction, CO)
Title
Head of 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/306439

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on buff laid paper
Dimensions
24 x 20.8 cm (9 7/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: red stamp with Chinese characters, l.l.: [seal of [Allan] Clark]
  • label: l.r. of face mat, paper, stamped: 44
  • inscription: verso, black ink: Cave 5 ["5" crossed out; in graphite: 27] / East wall Head of 2nd [ ] [crossed off: from] / central Buddha
  • inscription: verso, u.r., graphite: 2 3/4

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
1927.178
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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