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Mynah Bird on a Rock
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Executed in plain black ink on paper, this painting in hanging scroll format depicts a mynah bird perched atop a rock, with body facing to viewer’s right and head turned back behind it to the left. The rock appears in the center left of the composition and is rendered in just a few simple, broad strokes of ink wash, in contrast to the dark black ink used to depict the bird and sparse moss and vegetation on the underside of the rock. A signature and square red intaglio seal appear near the lower left, as if on top of the visible lower portion of the rock.
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: Mynah Bird on a Rock
Description:
Executed in plain black ink on paper, this painting in hanging scroll format depicts a mynah bird perched atop a rock, with body facing to viewer’s right and head turned back behind it to the left.
The rock appears in the center left of the composition and is rendered in just a few simple, broad strokes of ink wash, in contrast to the dark black ink used to depict the bird and sparse moss and vegetation on the underside of the rock.
A signature and square red intaglio seal appear near the lower left, as if on top of the visible lower portion of the rock.
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