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Moon, Gourds, and Insects
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This is the right scroll from a pair of hanging scrolls created as a coordinated set. It depicts a vine of blossoming white evening glories suspended before a full moon. The scene is further embellished with an exquisite rendering of a black moth clinging to a large pod dangling from the evening glory. Executed in ink, color, and gold pigments on silk, the painting includes an artist’s signature and seal in the lower right corner.
Department of Asian Art
Louis V. Ledoux Collection New York (by 1948) by descent; to his son L. Pierre Ledoux New York (1948-2001) by inheritance; to his widow Joan F. Ledoux New York (2001-2013) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2013.
Footnotes:
1. Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948)
2. L. Pierre Ledoux (1912-2001)
3. On long term loan to Harvard Art Museums from 1981 to 2013.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Louis V. Ledoux Collection; Gift of Mrs. L. Pierre Ledoux in memory of her husband
Title: Moon, Gourds, and Insects
Description:
This is the right scroll from a pair of hanging scrolls created as a coordinated set.
It depicts a vine of blossoming white evening glories suspended before a full moon.
The scene is further embellished with an exquisite rendering of a black moth clinging to a large pod dangling from the evening glory.
Executed in ink, color, and gold pigments on silk, the painting includes an artist’s signature and seal in the lower right corner.
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