Landscape after Ni Zan and calligraphy in standard script 倣倪迂山水并楷書題跋 (冊頁)
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Period
ca. 1703-05 -
Geography
China -
Material
Ink on paper -
Dimension
H x W (image): 25.1 x 32.3 cm (9 7/8 x 12 11/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1998.59 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1998.59
Object Details
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Artist
Bada Shanren 八大山人 (朱耷) (1626-1705) -
Label
The stark ink-landscapes of the Yuan-dynasty painter Ni Zan (1306-1374) held a strong appeal for many seventeenth-century artists of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, especially followers of the influential painter and theorist Dong Qichang (1555-1636), such as Bada Shanren. Ni's spare compositions and spartan brushwork, together with the pervasive sense of loneliness and seclusion in his paintings, served as important models for Bada, who formally recognized the specific source of his inspiration in his unsigned inscription, which reads in part: "Ni Yu [Ni Zan] painted like a celestial steed bounding the void or white clouds emerging from a ridge, showing not a speck of mundane vulgarity."In this undated album leaf, while both the dry, crumbly ink and small, open pavilion at lower left are strongly reminiscent of Ni Zan, the composition as a whole clearly illustrates the loose structural relationships and unconventional use of space that typify landscapes from Bada's late period. -
Provenance
To 1997Wang Fangyu (1913-1997) and Sum Wai (1918-1996), to 1997 [1]To 1998Shao F. Wang, New York and Short Hills, NJ, by descent, to 1998 [2]From 1998Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Shao F. Wang in 1998Notes:[1] According to Curatorial Note 3, Joseph Chang and Stephen D. Allee, May 7, 1998, and Joseph Chang and Stephen D. Allee, August 18, 1998, in the object record.[2] See note 1. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Enigmas: The Art of Bada Shanren (1626-1705) (June 20, 2015 to January 3, 2016)In Pursuit of Heavenly Harmony: Paintings and Calligraphy by Bada Shanren (1626-1705) from the Bequest of Wang Fangyu and Sum Wai (April 26 to October 13, 2003) -
Previous custodian or owner
Wang Fangyu (1913-1997)Sum Wai (1918-1996)Shao F. Wang -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Bequest from the collection of Wang Fangyu and Sum Wai, donated in their memory by Mr. Shao F. Wang -
Type
Painting -
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