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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2015.26
People
Arnold Chang (Zhang Hong), American (born 1954)
Title
Landscape After Xia Gui
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
2007
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/322081

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; with signature of the artist reading Dinghai chunyue Zhang Hong hua; with three seals of the artist reading Zhang, Hong hua, and Yin Shan
Dimensions
painting proper: 111.2 x 55.6 cm (43 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.)
mounting: 226.7 x 94.62 cm (89 1/4 x 37 1/4 in.) -- including cord and roller ends

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arnold Chang, New York (2007) gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Arnold and Jr-jye Chang in memory of Chu-tsing Li
Accession Year
2015
Object Number
2015.26
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Painted in ink on paper by Arnold Chang (Zhang Hong; b. 1954), this hanging scroll represents a mountainous landscape with a lake, river, or other body of water in the immediate foreground. Titled "Landscape after Xia Gui," the painting recalls the diagonally composed, misty landscapes painted by Xia Gui (active c. 1195–1224), one of the great masters of landscape painting during the Southern Song period (1127–1279). Located in the upper right corner, the artist’s short inscription and signature read "Dinghai chunyue Zhang Hong hua;" this text can be translated as “Painted [by] Zhang Hong [in the] early spring [of the] dinghai [year].” (The cyclical dinghai year corresponds to 2007.)

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013

Verification Level

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