Aged Cliffs Embellished by Clouds (Ku yan shi yun 枯巗飾雲)
Aged Cliffs Embellished by Clouds (Ku yan shi yun 枯巗飾雲)
Aged Cliffs Embellished by Clouds (Ku yan shi yun 枯巗飾雲)
Aged Cliffs Embellished by Clouds (Ku yan shi yun 枯巗飾雲)

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Aged Cliffs Embellished by Clouds (Ku yan shi yun 枯巗飾雲),

1999

Xia Yifu 夏一夫, 1925-2016
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2005-115

Information

Title
Aged Cliffs Embellished by Clouds (Ku yan shi yun 枯巗飾雲)
Dates

1999

Maker
Xia Yifu 夏一夫
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 90.6 x 86.5 cm. (35 11/16 x 34 1/16 in.) Mount: 223 x 104 cm. (87 13/16 x 40 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martha Sutherland, Class of 1977, in honor of Wen C. Fong, Class of 1951 and Graduate Class of 1958
Object Number
2005-115
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Artist's Inscription: yi jiu jiu jiu 一九九九 (1999) Outer titleslip: 枯巗飾雲 Aged Cliffs Embellished by Clouds 一九九九年十二月 12th month, 1999 一夫畫于永和小舍 [Xia] Yifu painted at the Small House in Yonghe
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist's, "Yifu" 一夫, small square yang, left bottom
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
paintings, chinese painting styles, scroll paintings, hanging scrolls
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product)
Subject
landscapes (representations), clouds, cliffs, mountains

1999– Xia Yifu, 1925-2016, to Martha Sutherland (New York, NY).
–2005 Martha Sutherland (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2005.

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