Spirit of Sea and Cranes 海鶴精神
Spirit of Sea and Cranes 海鶴精神

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Spirit of Sea and Cranes 海鶴精神,

ca. 1930s

Kim Eun-ho 金殷鎬 김은호, 1892–1979; born Incheon, Korea; died Seoul, Korea; active Korea and Japan
Korean
Japanese Colonial period, 1910–1945
2025-74

Information

Title
Spirit of Sea and Cranes 海鶴精神
Dates

ca. 1930s

Maker
Kim Eun-ho 金殷鎬 김은호
Medium
Folding fan painting mounted as an album leaf: ink and light colors on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 15.2 × 49.7 cm (6 × 19 9/16 in.) Mount: 17.3 × 52.8 cm (6 13/16 × 20 13/16 in.) frame: 42.3 × 77 × 3 cm (16 5/8 × 30 5/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert D. Mowry in honor of Arthur W. Asbury
Object Number
2025-74
Place Made

Asia, Korea

Signatures
Signed: Yidang Kim 以堂金
Inscription
Artist inscription and signature. Title: 海鶴精神 “Spirit of Sea and Cranes” (in Chinese), followed by:春史先生雅正, 以堂金 “Mr. Chunsa (춘사 성생), Please critique, Yidang Kim” Before inscription: calabash-shaped, red, relief seal reading A Myeong 兒名 Upper seal, following inscription: square, red, intaglio seal reading Kim Ssi 金氏 Lower seal, following inscription: square, red, intaglio seal reading Eun Ho 殷鎬
Culture
Korean
Type
fans (costume accessories), paintings
Subject
suns, landscapes (representations)

? – July 11, 2018, Kang Collection (Rolling Hills Estate, CA); July 11, 2018 purchased by Robert D. Mowry; April 2025, gifted to Princeton University Art Museum by Robert D. Mowry

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