Recluse Gazing at a Waterfall

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Zhang Daqian’s male figures often suggest a hint of self-portraiture. Here, a white-robed scholar who vaguely resembles a young Zhang Daqian sits atop a rocky promontory gazing wistfully at a waterfall. The artist’s inscription reads:

The stream chills half the tree,
All year long is autumnal.
Chanting, he sits with hunched shoulders like a lonely crane.
A golden pavilion appears in the myriad clouds

Poem by Zhang Laopu, Zhang Daqian Yuan, tenth month of the jichou year [1949].
--Translation after Keita Itoh and Lawrence Wu

Artwork Details

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  • 現代 張大千 高士聽泉圖 軸
  • Title: Recluse Gazing at a Waterfall
  • Artist: Chang Dai-chien (Chinese, 1899–1983)
  • Date: undated
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Framed hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 12 × 19 5/8 in. (30.5 × 49.9 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, 2014
  • Object Number: 2019.290.12
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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