2017.300: Travelers Inside the Gateway

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2017.300

People

Yu Jianhua 俞劍華, Chinese (1895 - 1979)

Title

Travelers Inside the Gateway

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, hanging scroll

Date

1945

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/330484

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

painting proper: 134.6 x 66.4 cm (53 x 26 1/8 in.)
mounting, including cord and roller ends: 245.4 x 95.3 cm (96 5/8 x 37 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Title and dated signature in brush-written Chinese characters, upper right: Signed: "Yu Jianhua xie"
• seal: Square red intaglio artist's seal, following signature: "Yu Jianhua yin"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 2006 -2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2017), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

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

Accession Year

2017

Object Number

2017.300

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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