Cicada on tree branch
Object Details
- Artist
- Wang Zhen (1867-1938)
- Provenance
- To 1998
- Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, to 1998
- From 1998
- Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1998 [1]
- Notes:
- [1] All Chinese calligraphy in the gift were published in Mr. Ellsworth's Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950, vol. 3 (New York: Random House, 1986) (according to Curatorial Note 5, Joseph Chang, May 19, 1998, in the object record).
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art
- 1919
- Period
- Modern period
- Accession Number
- F1998.222.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Fan mounted as album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 23.1 x 51 cm (9 1/8 x 20 1/16 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Modern period (1912 - present)
- fan
- cicada
- China
- Chinese Art
- Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1998.222.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3364d5dd0-20bb-49d2-97b2-a2d897d21736
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