Plum Blossoms

Wang Chi-yuan

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Wang Chi-yuan. Plum Blossoms, 1961. Ink and color on paper, 47 x 22in. (119.4 x 55.9cm) Other: 74 x 27in. (188 x 68.6cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The School of Chinese Brushwork, 1990.20.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Plum Blossoms

Date

1961

Period

Contemporary

Geography

Place made: China

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

47 x 22in. (119.4 x 55.9cm) Other: 74 x 27in. (188 x 68.6cm)

Signatures

Signed and dated: "Chi-yuan" "February 16, 1961"

Inscriptions

" The sixteenth day of February. 1961, is my sixty-sixth birthday. It happened to be the second day of the New Year of the xinchou by thre lunar calendar. So I paint this picture to celebrate my brithday."(right)

Markings

three seals of the artist

Credit Line

Gift of The School of Chinese Brushwork

Accession Number

1990.20.3

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