Flying in five scripts
Flying in five scripts
Flying in five scripts
Flying in five scripts
Flying in five scripts

© Fang Wenzhi

Flying in five scripts
Flying in five scripts
Flying in five scripts
Flying in five scripts
Flying in five scripts

Currently not on view

Flying in five scripts,

ca. 1954

Fang Wenzhi 方聞之, 1930–2018; born Shanghai, China; died Princeton, NJ; active Princeton
2010-105 a-e

Information

Title
Flying in five scripts
Dates

ca. 1954

Maker
Fang Wenzhi 方聞之
Medium
Five sheets mounted on board; ink on paper
Dimensions
a: 34.6 x 28 cm. (13 5/8 x 11 in.) b: 34.3 x 32.6 cm. (13 1/2 x 12 13/16 in.) c: 31.2 x 27.7 cm. (12 5/16 x 10 7/8 in.) d: 31.7 x 27.8 cm. (12 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.) e: 29.3 x 26.1 cm. (11 9/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Arthur Szathmary
Object Number
2010-105 a-e
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
paintings, calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing)
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Subject
letter pictures, script (typeface group)

ca. 1954 Wen C. Fong, 1930-2018 (Princeton, NJ), to Arthur Szathmary (Princeton, NJ), ca. 1954.

ca. 1954–2010 Arthur Szathmary, emeritus professor of Philosophy and former director of the Creative Arts Program, by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2010.

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