Diary of Silk Road Travels: Night
1999
Artists
Description
Eight square paintings featuring scenes evoking the dessert sands of China's remote northwest region are mounted on a wide hanging scroll and arranged in a grid pattern, with four paintings in a row above another row of four paintings below.
Dimensions
each painting: 15.1 x 15.1 cm (5 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.) full mounting: 205 x 107 cm (80 11/16 x 42 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Liu Guosong, Taipei (1999-by 2004?), probably gift; to Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 2007?-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2014), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014. Footnotes: 1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)
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