Harvard Art Museums > 2010.548: Night (Ye), Written in Section Script Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Night (Ye), Written in Section Script (Fung Ming Chip (Feng Mingqiu) 馮明秋) , 2010.548,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/336543. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.548 People Fung Ming Chip (Feng Mingqiu) 馮明秋, Chinese (born 1951) Title Night (Ye), Written in Section Script Other Titles Original Language Title: 夜 Classification Paintings Work Type painting, album leaf Date 2009 Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Hong Kong Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/336543 Physical Descriptions Medium Album leaf; ink on paper; with three seals of the artist. Written in section script. Dimensions calligraphy proper: 27.2 x 57.5 cm (10 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.) mounting: 50 x 70.1 cm (19 11/16 x 27 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks seal: Left: Square, red, relief seal (of the artist and carved by the artist): 明秋"Ming Chip" (Ming Qiu) [Artist's given name] seal: Center: Square, red, pictorial seal (of the artist and carved by the artist): 雲"Yun" (Clouds) seal: Right: Square, red, intaglio seal (of the artist and carved by the artist): 見之吉利"Jian Zhi Ji Li" ("Seeing this brings good fortune") Provenance Recorded Ownership History Fung Ming Chip, Hong Kong (2009-2010), sold; to Susan L. Beningson, New York, 2010, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010. NOTE: This work was created by Fung Ming Chip in Hong Kong in 2009. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Susan L. Beningson and Steve Arons in memory of Renée Beningson Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.548 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This large, horizontally oriented, rectangular album leaf is inscribed with nine columns of text, the columns with varying numbers of characters and thus of various lengths. The text is a forty-two-character poem composed and inscribed on this album leaf by Fung Ming Chip (standard Mandarin transcription: Feng Mingqiu). The artist has stated to the curator that the work's title is Night ("Ye"). The character "Ye" appears in the fourth column from the left; in fact, it is the only character in that column of text. The characters are written in cursive, or running, script ("xingshu") in a manner that the artist characterizes as "section script." This calligraphic work is not dated; however, the artist stated to the curator that he created it in 2009. This calligraphic work is not signed, but it includes three seals of the artist, which identify it as a work of Fung Ming Chip. The three seals, which the artist himself carved, and their locations can be described as follows: Left: Square, red, relief seal reading "Ming Chip" (Ming Qiu) [Artist's given name] Center: Square, red, pictorial seal reading "Yun" (Clouds) Right: Square, red, intaglio seal reading "Jian Zhi Ji Li" (Seeing this brings good fortune) The poem can be translated as follows: Freezing quiet streets Whipping away, Occasional passing cars. Heartless street lights, Faint north winds Revive the underground dancer with a kiss. Night Deeply sunk within emptiness, Happiness is actually The color turquoise. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
