Pair of hanging scrolls; ink on woodblock-printed paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image, each): 128 x 29.5 cm (50 3/8 x 11 5/8 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
China
Date:
late 19th-early 20th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Provenance:
To 1997
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York, NY, 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 2, Joseph Chang and Stephen D. Allee, May 19, 1998, in the object record).
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Brushing the Past: Later Chinese Calligraphy from the Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (April 30, 2000 to January 2, 2001)
