Plum
Gao was a devotee of plum painting as both collector and painter. He called his painting studio "King of Plums Pavilion" and was known among his contemporaries for the motto that appears in the seal impressed on this painting: "In painting plums I give way to no man."
Artwork Details
- 清/現代 高野侯 彩墨梅花圖 摺扇
- Title: Plum
- Artist: Gao Yehou (Chinese, 1878–1952)
- Date: dated 1945
- Culture: China
- Medium: Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on alum paper
- Dimensions: 7 1/4 x 19 5/8 in. (18.4 x 49.8 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.267.190
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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