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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.2
People
Chŏng Sul-wŏn (also known as Tu-san), Korean (active late 19th cent. - 20th cent.)
Title
Mountainous Landscape with a Scholar Riding a Donkey and Approaching a Village Nestled in a Grove of Trees
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, album leaf
Date
early-mid 20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/5858

Physical Descriptions

Medium
One leaf from a set of six album leaves; ink and light colors on silk; with inscription and two seals of the artist
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 28.6 x W. 23.4 cm (11 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Byung S. and Keum-ja Kang, New York (by 2006), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Byung S. and Keum-ja Kang, Kang Collection, New York
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.2
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This small, rectangular album leaf depicts a landscape with several houses nestled behind a grove trees in the left foreground; in the right foreground, a scholar seated astride a donkey and trailed by an attendant carrying a parcel--probably a cabana--rides toward the houses. A lake occupies the painting's middle ground; low, rolling hills topped by deciduous trees separate the far edge of the middle ground from the background, which features distant mountains. Written in four columns, the artist's inscription appears in the upper right corner. Two seals of the artist accompany the inscription: a rectangular, red, intaglio seal appears at the beginning of the inscription, and a square, red, relief seal reading "Tu San" (the artist's sobriquet) appears at the end.

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