Ode to the Orchid | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2003.93
People: Yi Ha-ŭng (also known as Taewŏn’gun), Korean (1820 - 1898)
Title: Ode to the Orchid
Classification: Calligraphy
Work Type: calligraphy, screen
Date: c. 1890
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period: Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture: Korean
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/93769

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Eight-panel folding screen; ink on gold-flecked yellow paper; with two seals of the artist
Dimensions: H. 194.95 cm (76 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Kang Collection, New York (2003)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year: 2003
Object Number: 2003.93
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Kim Chŏng-suk, Hŭng-sŏn Tae-wŏn-kun: Yi Ha-ŭng ŭi Ye-sul se kye [Hŭng-sŏn Tae-wŏn-kun: The Art of Yi Ha-ŭng], Il-chi-sa (Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2004), pp. 350-353, fig. 111; p. 375, fig. 125-1 (detail)

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