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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2022.185
People
Li Huayi 李華弌, Chinese (Shanghai, China born 1948)
Title
Mountain Gorge
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 重巒涧壑
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1990s
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, California
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/375652

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions
65.5 × 134 cm (25 13/16 × 52 3/4 in.)
mat: 85.1 × 171.5 cm (33 1/2 × 67 1/2 in.)
frame: 87.8 × 174 × 4.8 cm (34 9/16 × 68 1/2 × 1 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: of artist; lower right of painting: 李華弌 [Li Huayi]
  • seal: of artist; lower right of painting; intaglio, square:
    李華弌 [Li Huayi]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Kaikodo, New York (by 2002)], sold; to Sean and Anne Eu Warren, San Francisco (2002-2022), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2022.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Sean C. and Anne Eu Warren
Copyright
© Li Huayi
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
2022.185
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This monumental, horizontally oriented landscape painting is set deep in a gorge, a steep-walled canyon created by a river running through it. The valley at the bottom runs from the center of the painting and off to the right, disappearing around a cliff. The precipitous walls of the gorge, captured in black ink with a small amount of color, are enshrouded in small clusters of clouds, sunlight barely permeating the darkness. A cluster of pine trees stands on a rocky outcropping in the foreground on the left, and another grove is visible at the top of the mountain in the center. The artist’s name and seal have been added at the lower right of the painting.

Publication History

  • Bonhams Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, website, 20 Sep 2021, Lot. 128, https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26842/lot/128/ [accessed May 4th, 2022]

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/04/2023 - 12/04/2023

Verification Level

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