Calligraphy Couplet in Clerical Script Calligrapher: Hu Shi (Chinese, 1891–1962)

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20th century

Asian Art

Not on view

Medium

Pair of hanging scrolls: ink on paper

Dimensions

with mounting (each): 74 × 15 in. (187.96 × 38.1 cm)
without mounting (each): 53 3/4 × 13 in. (136.53 × 33.02 cm)

Credit Line

Collection of H. Christopher Luce, B.A. 1972

Accession Number

2018.78.7a-b

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

20th century

Classification

Calligraphy

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Sotheby's sale NO9663 lot 855; purchased in 2017 by H. Christopher Luce, New York; gifted in 2017 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography

  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).

Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy, hanging scrolls

Subject

poems poetry

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