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Dragonfly

dated 1982
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 近代 趙少昂 蜻蜓 橫軸
  • Title: Dragonfly
  • Artist: Zhao Shao'ang (Chinese, 1905–1998)
  • Date: dated 1982
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 26 1/4 in. (30.8 x 66.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.267.378
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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