Calligraphy in Seal Script Artist: Yi Lixun (Chinese, 1857–1942)

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1941

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Hanging scroll: ink on paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 55 1/8 × 19 1/2 in. (140 × 49.5 cm)
with mounting: 90 7/8 × 35 7/16 in. (230.8 × 90 cm)
with rollers: 39 3/8 in. (100 cm)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

2018.78.8

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Republican period (1912–49)

Classification

Calligraphy

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Christie's HK 12550 Lot 992; purchased in 2016 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," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 17
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

calligraphy, hanging scrolls

Signed

Inscribed and signed, with four seals of the artist dated spring, xinsi year (1941). Dedicated to Mengyu

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