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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.445
People
Hsia I-fu (Xia Yifu) 夏一夫, Chinese (Shandong province, China 1925 - 2016 Taiwan)
Title
Landscape
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
2008
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Taiwan
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336551

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper; with seal of the artist reading "Yi Fu"
Dimensions
painting proper: 118.1 x 59.9 cm (46 1/2 x 23 9/16 in.)
scroll mounting with suspension cord and roller ends: 197 x 82.6 cm (77 9/16 x 32 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • seal: artist's seal, lower left corner: square, red, relief seal reading "Yi Fu"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Xia Yifu (artist), Taiwan, Republic of China; through M. Sutherland Fine Arts, Ltd., New York; to Harvard Art Museum

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Langdon Warner and H. H. F. Jayne, by exchange
Copyright
© Xia Yifu (Hsia I-fu)
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.445
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Painted in ink on paper, this hanging scroll represents a landscape. The main mountain masses appear in the background, viewed over a large foreground land mass. The painting includes one seal of the artist (in the lower left corner) but lack's a signature

Publication History

  • Chiung Jui Hsiao, Biography of Hsia I-Fu (2015)
  • Chiung Jui Hsiao, Biography of Hsia I-Fu, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taipei, 2015), p. 114

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S228-230 (Asian rotation: 5) Brush and Ink Reconsidered: Contemporary Chinese Landscapes, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/23/2010 - 05/14/2011

Verification Level

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