Night is quiet and the mountains empty

Object Details

• Artist

  Gu Wenda 谷文達 (born 1955)

• Provenance

  From 1985-87 to 2001

  Dr. Marcus Jacobson (1930-2001), purchased sometime between 1985 and 1987 in China from the artist, Gu Wenda [1]

  From 2001 to 2017

  Ruth Kurzbauer, Washington, DC, ownership transferred after the death of her husband, Dr. Marcus Jacobson in 2001 [2]

  From 2017

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Ruth Kurzbauer, Washington, DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Acquisition Justification, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. See also correspondence between Dr. Jacobson and Gu Wenda in “Dr. Marcus Jacobson Papers of 20th Century Contemporary Artist Gu Wenda 1986-1988”, Freer Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Marcus Jacobson (American, 1930-2001)

  Ruth Kurzbauer

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Ruth Kurzbauer in memory of Dr. Robert and Lisa Rates Kurzbauer and Dr. Marcus Jacobson

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1980s

• Name

  Jacobson, Marcus, Kurzbauer, Ruth

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Mountains, Landscapes, Art, Night, Chinese Art, Modern period (1912 - present)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings