1928.52: Hand of Bodhisattva, after Wanfoxia Frescoes
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1928.52
- People
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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/306444
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on buff laid paper
- Dimensions
- actual: 16.4 x 15.7 cm (6 7/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: red stamp with Chinese characters, l.r.: [seal of [Allan] Clark]
- label: l.r. of mat, paper, stamped and handwritten: 39 [crossed off; inscribed in graphite: 52]
- inscription: u.l. of verso, black watercolor: Cave 25 / Hand of Bodhisattva / East chief panel
- inscription: verso, graphite, erased, and black ink: [inscription mostly illegible; "extreme left" 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
- 1928.52
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Commentary
- This is copied from a fresco on the east chief panel of Cave 25 at Wanfoxia (=Wan Fo Hsia), Kansu province, China.
Verification Level
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