Partial transcription of Yan Zhenqing’s Preface to Farewell to Liu Taichong (Song Liu Taichong xu); Painting of plum blossoms and rocks after Chen Hongshou
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.The lower fan is a painting of plum blossoms after the seventeenth-century painter Chen Hongshou. Li dedicated it to “my esteemed little brother Binru,” using one of Wen Fong’s early nicknames.
Artwork Details
- 現代 李健 行書節錄顔真卿送劉太冲序，仿陳洪綬梅石圖 扇頁二幅
- Title: Partial transcription of Yan Zhenqing’s Preface to Farewell to Liu Taichong (Song Liu Taichong xu); Painting of plum blossoms and rocks after Chen Hongshou
- Artist: Li Jian (1881/1882–1956)
- Date: Undated, 1940s
- Culture: China
- Medium: Two folding fans mounted on an album leaf; ink on paper and ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Overall with mounting (closed): 13 3/8 × 25 1/4 in. (34 × 64.1 cm)
Overall with mounting (open): 26 11/16 × 25 1/4 in. (67.8 × 64.1 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Lent by Constance and Wen Fong Collection
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art