Harvard Art Museums > 2014.522: Diary of Silk Road Travels: Night Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Diary of Silk Road Travels: Night (Liu Kuo Sung (Liu Guosong) 劉國松) , 2014.522,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/319252. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.522 People Liu Kuo Sung (Liu Guosong) 劉國松, Chinese (born 1932 ) Title Diary of Silk Road Travels: Night Classification Paintings Work Type painting, hanging scroll Date 1999 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/319252 Physical Descriptions Medium Set of eight paintings mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper Dimensions each painting: 15.1 x 15.1 cm (5 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.) full mounting: 205 x 107 cm (80 11/16 x 42 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks seal: two artist's seals on each painting: 1) Square red relief seal: "Liu" 2) Square red intaglio seal: "Guosong" Provenance Recorded Ownership History Liu Guosong, Taipei (1999-by 2004?), probably gift; to Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 2007?-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2014), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014. Footnotes: 1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Chu-tsing Li Collection, Gift of B U.K. Li in memory of Chu-tsing Li, Yao-wen Kwang Li, and Teri Ho Li Copyright © Liu Kuo-sung Accession Year 2014 Object Number 2014.522 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Eight square paintings featuring scenes evoking the dessert sands of China's remote northwest region are mounted on a wide hanging scroll and arranged in a grid pattern, with four paintings in a row above another row of four paintings below. Publication History Robert D. Mowry and Claudia Brown, A Tradition Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection, 1950-2000, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass., 2007), cat. 16 Exhibition History A Tradition Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Li Collection, 1950-2000, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 06/28/2008 - 09/14/2008; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, 10/11/2008 - 01/04/2009; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, 02/11/2009 - 05/24/2009 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu