Ocean Rocks
Artist
Hung Hsien
(Chinese, born 1933)
Date1970
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on paper
DimensionsMount: 79 1/2 × 33 9/16 inches (202 × 85.3 cm)
Image: 52 3/16 × 30 9/16 inches (132.56 × 77.63 cm)
Image: 52 3/16 × 30 9/16 inches (132.56 × 77.63 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund in memory of Laurence Sickman
Object number2024.41
InscribedSigned "洪嫺“ (Hung Hsien) and dated in 1970 by the artist with an artist's seal in the middle left of the painting.
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DescriptionThe painting features a range of abstract forms in a diagonal movement from lower left to upper right. The forms, which suggest water flowing over hundreds of small rocks, are comprised of lines, blotches, and dots in moist ink with light blue, beige, and purple.Exhibition HistoryTaipei, National Museum of History, The 14th Annual Fifth Moon Group Exhibition, Taipei, 1970.
Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Arts Club, Fifth Moon Group, May 22-June 21, 1974
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Museum of Art, Fifth Moon Group, 1974
Lawrence, Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 5 November-31 December 1978
Syracuse, New York, Everson Museum, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 February-31 March 1979
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hunter Museum of Art, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 June-31 May 1979
Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 August-31 September 1979
El Paso, Texas, El Paso Museum of Art, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 December-31 January 1980.
Waltham Massachusetts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 February-31 March 1980
Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Arts Club, Fifth Moon Group, May 22-June 21, 1974
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Museum of Art, Fifth Moon Group, 1974
Lawrence, Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 5 November-31 December 1978
Syracuse, New York, Everson Museum, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 February-31 March 1979
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Hunter Museum of Art, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 June-31 May 1979
Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 August-31 September 1979
El Paso, Texas, El Paso Museum of Art, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 December-31 January 1980.
Waltham Massachusetts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, 15 February-31 March 1980
With the Artist, 1970
With Mary McDonald who acquired the painting from the artist in Chicago in 1970, thereafter by descent until 2024.
Purchased
from Bonhams, New York, September 17, 2024, Lot 392, by The Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art, 2024.
Five Chinese Painters Fifth Moon Exhibition, National Gallery of Art and Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan, 1970, p. 71.
Robert J. Poor, Fifth Moon Group, Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, 1974, no. 27. (titled "Azurite Isle")
Chu-Tsing Li, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas, 1978, no 20.
Robert J. Poor, Fifth Moon Group, Chicago Arts Club, Chicago, 1974, no. 27. (titled "Azurite Isle")
Chu-Tsing Li, Rocks, Trees, Clouds and Water: The Art of Hung Hsien, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas, 1978, no 20.
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