Sound of the Sea Hall (Haiyin tang 海音堂)

© Fu Shen

Sound of the Sea Hall (Haiyin tang 海音堂)

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Sound of the Sea Hall (Haiyin tang 海音堂),

1977

Fu Shen 傅申, born 1937, Shanghai, China; active Taiwan and United States
2021-287

Information

Title
Sound of the Sea Hall (Haiyin tang 海音堂)
Dates

1977

Maker
Fu Shen 傅申
Medium
Sheet; ink on paper
Dimensions
61.3 × 98.5 cm (24 1/8 × 38 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice and Douglas Hyland in honor of Virginia L. Bower, Graduate School Class of 1977
Object Number
2021-287
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Text 海音堂 (Haiyin Tang) "Sound of the Sea Hall" 莫靄麗女士属 君約傅申 "Composed for Mo Aili female scholar. Junyue, Fu Shen." Note: Fu Shen's courtesy name (zi 字) is Junyue 君約.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist's seal: "Fu Shen" 傅申, sq. intaglio
Culture
Chinese, Taiwanese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
calligraphy (visual work)
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
calligraphy (writing)

Created by the artist for Alice Hyland during the symposium for the exhibition Traces of the Brush, held at the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, April 6–June 27, 1977; Alice and Douglas Hyland Collection, 1977–2021; gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum by Alice and Douglas Hyland, October 2021.

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