Morning Glories and Butterflies

Artists

Description

This is the left scroll from a pair of hanging scrolls created as a coordinated set. It depicts a small cluster of blue morning glories that wrap around a thin stick of bamboo. The scene is further embellished with an exquisite rendering of a white butterfly, approaching the blue morning glories from the upper right. Executed in ink, color, and gold pigments on silk, the painting includes an artist’s signature and seal in the lower left corner.

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 95.2 x W. 41.2 cm (37 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.) mounting, inlcuding suspension core and roller ends: H. 194.6 x W. 59.8 cm (76 5/8 x 23 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Louis V. Ledoux Collection, New York (by 1948), by descent; to his son L. Pierre Ledoux, New York (1948-2001), by inheritance; to his widow Joan F. Ledoux, New York, (2001-2013), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013. Footnotes: 1. Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948) 2. L. Pierre Ledoux (1912-2001) 3. On long term loan to Harvard Art Museums from 1981 to 2013.