2018.359: Waves

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2018.359

People

Hung Hsien (Margaret Chang, Hong Xian) 洪嫻, Chinese (Yangzhou, China born 1933)

Title

Waves

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, wall scroll

Date

1967

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/330479

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Horizontal wall scroll; ink and color on fibrous paper; with artist's signature and seal

Dimensions

painting proper: 57.7 x 89.5 cm (22 11/16 x 35 1/4 in.)
mounting: 69.7 x 112.7 cm (27 7/16 x 44 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Hong Xian
• inscription: Artist's signature inscribed with ink and brush in Chinese characters, lower left: 洪嫻 "Hong Xian"
• seal: Square red intaglio artist's seal, following signature: 洪嫻 "Hong Xian"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Jeannette S. Elliott, Jacksonville, Illinois (by 1978). Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 2007-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2018), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Footnotes:
1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)
2. On loan to Harvard Art Museums from 2008 to acquisition

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

2018

Object Number

2018.359

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Chu-tsing Li, Rocks, Trees, Clouds, and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, exh. cat., Spencer Museum of Art (Lawrence, KS, 1978), cat. no. 10

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