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Artist:
Gui Fu (1736-1805)  Search this
Medium:
Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on red paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image, each): 99.8 x 24.7 cm (39 5/16 x 9 3/4 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
China
Date:
1793
Period:
Qing dynasty
Provenance:
To 1997
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, to 1997
From 1997
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1997 [1]
Notes:
[1] The total gift from the Ellsworth collection consists of nearly three-hundred objects (F1997.42-.85 and F1998.83-294).
All Chinese calligraphy in the proposed gift were published in Mr. Ellsworth's Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950 vol. 3 (New York: Random House, 1986) (see Curatorial Note 1, Joseph Chang, May 19, 1998, in the object record).
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting (September 29, 2002 to March 30, 2003)
Previous custodian or owner:
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014)
Topic:
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
clerical script  Search this
China  Search this
couplet  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number:
F1997.46.1-2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a1d58848-835c-445a-ac76-1c5c928e1428
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1997.46.1-2