2003.58.32: Branch of Fruiting Loquat

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.58.32

People

Yi Kyu-ok; alternative name: Yun-chae (1916 - 1999)

Title

Branch of Fruiting Loquat

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, hanging scroll

Date

Colonial to Republican period, mid-to late 20th Century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/93457

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper; with inscription, signature and two seals of the artist

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 127.4 x W. 32.1 cm (50 3/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Upper middle, in black ink: Yun-chae [written in Chinese characters]
• seal: artist's seal, middle, immediately following signature: square, red, intaglio seal reading "Yi Kyu Ok In". The character for "Ok" is rare; it consists of a "metal" radical on the left, and the character for jade on the right.
  
• inscription: vertically oriented brush-written inscription and signature at the upper right quadrant: the signature reads "Yun-chae".

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr., Alvin, Texas (by 1968-2002), estate sale; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Footnote:
1. Kyle Edward Wilson, Jr. (1931-2002)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell, by exchange

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.58.32

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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