2004.19: Valley (Gu)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2004.19

People

Chen Chi-kwan (Chen Qikuan) 陳其寬, Chinese (Beijing 1921 - 2007 Burlingame, California)
Ateliers d'Art Desjobert

Title

Valley (Gu)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Republican period, dated 1996

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/54727

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Color lithograph; ink and colors on paper; with artist's penciled romanized inscription and signature (along the bottom edge of the print) reading "EA / 'Gu' / Valley / Chen Chi-Kwan 1996" with publisher's embossed circular stamp reading (to the left of the artist's inscription) reading "Ateliers d'Art Desjobert Paris"

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

37 x 72 cm (14 9/16 x 28 3/8 in.)
irregular: 56.3 x 75.9 cm (22 3/16 x 29 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

From the collection of the artist, through his daughter (Ms. Chih Chen)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of David M. Leventhal and through the David Berg, Esq., Fund

Accession Year

2004

Object Number

2004.19

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The following printer's colophon appears on the back of the print: CHEN CHI KWAN / "Clear day", 1990 / Original lithograph, size 72 x 37 cm / Printed in France / by Ateliers d'Art Desjobert - Paris / 1996. Despite the title given in the printer's colophon, we should use the title "Valley", since that is the English-language title inscribed by the artist on the print's face. Produced, printed and published by Ateliers d'Art Desjobert, Paris, this actual-size, facsimile lithograph is based on a painting that Chen Chi-kwan did in 1990 in ink and colors on paper; now in a private collection, the painting was titled "Valley" by the artist. The painting is published in Taibei shili meishuguan / Taipei Fine Arts Museum, compiler, Yunyan guoyan: Chen Qikuan di huihua yu jianzhu / Painting and Architecture of Chen Chi-kwan, exh, cat., Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2003, p. 235, no. 375 (bilingual, Chinese and English).

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