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Pair of Paintings: Morning Glories (left) and Evening Glories (right)
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In this beautiful pair of hanging scrolls, created as a coordinated set, a painting of a small cluster of blue morning glories that wrap around a thin stick of bamboo (in the scroll intended to be hung on the viewer’s left) is complimented by an image of a vine of blossoming white evening glories suspended before a full moon (in the right-hand scroll). These botanical scenes are further embellished with exquisite renderings of insects -- a white butterfly approaching the blue morning glories, and a black moth clinging to a large pod dangling from the evening glory. Executed in ink, color, and gold pigments on silk, each painting includes an artist’s signature and seal.
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: Pair of Paintings: Morning Glories (left) and Evening Glories (right)
Description:
In this beautiful pair of hanging scrolls, created as a coordinated set, a painting of a small cluster of blue morning glories that wrap around a thin stick of bamboo (in the scroll intended to be hung on the viewer’s left) is complimented by an image of a vine of blossoming white evening glories suspended before a full moon (in the right-hand scroll).
These botanical scenes are further embellished with exquisite renderings of insects -- a white butterfly approaching the blue morning glories, and a black moth clinging to a large pod dangling from the evening glory.
Executed in ink, color, and gold pigments on silk, each painting includes an artist’s signature and seal.
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