A Sea of Clouds Artist: Wu Guanzhong (Chinese, 1919–2010)

1988

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Handscroll, ink and color on paper

Dimensions

without mounting: 27 × 54 1/2 in. (68.6 × 138.4 cm)

Credit Line

The Clyde and Helen Wu Collection of Chinese Painting, gift of Bernadine and Dr. David Wu

Accession Number

2001.141.1

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Helen T. Wu (1929–2015) and Dr. Clyde Wu (1933–2015), Grosse Pointe, Mich., by 2001; by descent to their son Dr. David Wu, and Bernadine Wu, Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich., by 2001; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Bibliography
  • Awakening Spring: Significant Works by Wu Guanzhong, exh. cat. (Hongkong: Sotheby's Hong Kong Ltd., October 2013),
  • Melissa Chiu, ed., Revolutionary Ink: The Paintings of Wu Guanzhong, exh. cat. (New York: Asia Society and Museum, 2012),
  • Keyu Wu, World Famous Artist: Wu Guanzhong (Hebei, China: Hebei Education Publishing House, November 2010),
  • An Unbroken Line: In Commemoration of Wu Guanzhong, exh. cat. (Beijing: Poly Art Musuem, October 2010),
  • Keyu Wu, World Master of Art: Wu Guanzhong (Hebei, China: Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, 2008),
  • Tianzhong Shui and Hua Wang, eds., The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong, 5 (Changsha Shi, China: Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, August 2007),
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 140, pl. 127
  • Keyu Wu, ed., Wu Guanzhong (Hebei, China: Hebei Education Publishing House, December 2006),
  • Jason C. Kuo, ed., Heirs to a Great Tradition: Modern Chinese Paintings from the Tsien-Hsiang-Chai Collection (College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 1993), 93, no. 118
  • Daguang Zhou and Dachuan Zhang, eds., Painting from the Heart : Selected Works of Wu Guanzhong (Sichuan, China: Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1990),
  • Rong Bao Zhai Co. Ltd., Beijing, The Paintings of Wu Guanzhong, sale cat. (June 1987),
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

handscrolls

Subject

clouds

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