Currently not on view
Landscape,
1958–63
James C. Lo Workshop
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present | copy after wall painting, High Tang dynasty, 704–781
2012-138
The Mogao Caves were carved into the cliffs at Dunhuang, along the Silk Road, starting from the mid-fourth century. Numbering in the hundreds, many of the caves were filled with paintings entirely covering the walls and ceilings. This modern artistic rendering faithfully copies the illustrated Buddhist scene in Cave 217, which dates to the eighth century and shows figures and buildings in a blue-green landscape. In 1943, photojournalist James C. Lo and his wife, Lucy, recorded the caves with meticulous photographs and notes. After moving to Taiwan in the 1950s, the Los invited a group of young artists to produce life-size copies of the cave murals.
Information
Title
Landscape
Dates
1958–63
Maker
James C. Lo Workshop
Medium
Sheet; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
69 x 127.1 cm. (27 3/16 x 50 1/16 in.)
frame: 74.6 × 133 × 5.1 cm (29 3/8 × 52 3/8 × 2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lucy L. Lo
Object Number
2012-138
Place Made
China, Gansu province, Dunhuang, Mogao Caves
Culture
Materials
–2012 Lucy L. Lo (West Windsor, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.
