Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
66-1/2 x 26-7/8 in. (image) 119-1/4 x 34-7/8 in. (mounted) 122-3/8 x 38-3/4 x ~1 in. (installed, with hanging cord and knobs) 2-1/2 in. (hanging cord)
Period
Dynasty
Mark Description
Signed: Laochi | Hongshou Seal: Hongshou Seal: Zhanghou
Accession Number
Credit Line
Purchased to complement the Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese art through the bequest of Mrs. Enid Goodrich and the support of Lilly Endowment Inc.
Copyright
Collection
Asian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color Palette
Provenance
Taiwan collector, K. S. Wong, Hong Kong, China; James Freeman 19 June 1983; (Henry Harrison, Lincoln, Massachusetts); purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2004.
Gallery Labels
仙人獻壽圖
Chen's inscription reads
茂才道盟兄于已丑季夏,四旬初度。其弟茂齊索畫寄壽。壽酒當俟太平時,與丁秋平為黃白之遊索飲耳。
In late summer of 1649, it will be the fortieth birthday of Maocai, my venerable sworn elder brother. His younger brother, Maoqi, requested a painting [from me] to be sent as a birthday gift.
I will save the birthday wine until peace comes. Only by then, (my friend) Ding Qiuping and I will ask for it when we make trips to the immortal's fairyland.
[tr. M. Wu]
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Repentant Monk: Illusion and Disillusion in the Art of Chen Hongshou (1599-1652)
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California
October 25, 2017 - January 28, 2018
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