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Yu Ming Chinese
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Yu Ming, nephew of Yu Yuan, made this painting in response to a poem by his uncle. A slender woman leans languidly on the ledge of an open window by a wutong tree. Unlike some of the other paintings of women, this one carries a clear erotic tinge.
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Title: Woman by a window beneath a wutong tree
Artist:
Yu Ming (Chinese, 1884–1935)
Period: Republic period (1912–49)
Date: dated 1923
Culture: China
Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 21 7/16 in. (19.1 x 54.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
Accession Number: 1986.267.145
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