Woods and Valleys of Mount Yu, 1372. Ni Zan. Chinese.
Hanging scroll; ink on paper.
Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family
Gift of the Dillon Fund, 1973 (1973.120.8).
The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C. C. Wang Family Collection
September 3, 1999–January 9, 2000 Douglas Dillon Galleries, 2nd floor
Displaying more than 60 paintings from the renowned C. C. Wang Family Collection now in the Metropolitan Museum, this exhibition illuminates the entire tradition of scholar painting from its birth and early development in the Song and Yuan dynasties (10th to 14th century) to its later transformation and elaboration during the Ming and Qing dynasties (14th to 20th century). The exhibition highlights 12 promised gifts—including Riverbank, one of the most important landscape hanging scrolls in the history of Chinese art. Also on view are a choice group of loans from the Wang family and a small selection of paintings by C. C. Wang himself.
Exhibition and catalogue made possible with the support of the Tang Fund. Symposium and accompanying publication made possible by the Tang Fund. Additional support provided by The B. Y. Lam Foundation.
