Excerpt from the Third Stone Drum Poem in seal script
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Period
1917 -
Geography
China -
Material
Ink on paper -
Dimension
H x W (image): 147.3 x 38 cm (58 x 14 15/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1997.69 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1997.69
Object Details
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Artist
Wu Changshuo 吳昌碩 (1844-1927) -
Provenance
To 1997Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, to 1997From 1997Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1997 [1]Notes:[1] The total gift from the Ellsworth collection consists of nearly three-hundred objects (F1997.42-.85 and F1998.83-294).All Chinese calligraphy in the proposed gift were published in Mr. Ellsworth's Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950 vol. 3 (New York: Random House, 1986) (see Curatorial Note 2, Joseph Chang and Stephen D. Allee, May 19, 1998, in the object record). -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Writing, Carving and Rubbing: China’s Calligraphic Arts (April 4 to October 25, 2009)Brushing the Past: Later Chinese Calligraphy from the Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (April 30, 2000 to January 2, 2001)Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999) -
Previous custodian or owner
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art -
Type
Calligraphy -
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