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Orchid and Rock
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Painted in ink on silk satin, this small hanging scroll depicts a clump of orchids, probably cymbidiums, growing on a rock. The representational elements are positioned vertically along the painting's right edge (viewer's right), with the pointy, diagonally oriented rock projecting from the lower right corner into the center of the composition and with the orchid clump perched atop the rock. Framed on either side by a calligraphically rendered orchid leaf, the artist's poetic inscription occupies a place of honor at the top of the composition. The artist's signature, which is written vertically and reads from the top down, appears along the painting's left edge. One seal of the artist appears at the beginning of the inscription; two more follow his signature; and an additional one enlivens the lower right corner.
Department of Asian Art
Private Collection sold; to Yoshida Hiroshi Nara Japan (by 1998 or 1999) sold; to [Kang Collection New York (by 1998 or 1999-1999)] sold; to Robert D. Mowry Brookline MA (1999-2009) gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 1999.
Footnote:
1. Yoshida Hiroshi (b. 1940)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Robert D. Mowry in honor of Byung S. and Keum Ja Kang
Title: Orchid and Rock
Description:
Painted in ink on silk satin, this small hanging scroll depicts a clump of orchids, probably cymbidiums, growing on a rock.
The representational elements are positioned vertically along the painting's right edge (viewer's right), with the pointy, diagonally oriented rock projecting from the lower right corner into the center of the composition and with the orchid clump perched atop the rock.
Framed on either side by a calligraphically rendered orchid leaf, the artist's poetic inscription occupies a place of honor at the top of the composition.
The artist's signature, which is written vertically and reads from the top down, appears along the painting's left edge.
One seal of the artist appears at the beginning of the inscription; two more follow his signature; and an additional one enlivens the lower right corner.
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