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Gazing at a Waterfall

CultureChinese
Datemid-12th century
MediumAlbum leaf; ink and color on silk
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/8 × 9 7/8 inches (23.81 × 25.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert H. Ellsworth
Object number2007.7
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, November 7,1980- January 4,1981;The Cleveland Museum of Art, February 7, 1981- April 5,1981;The Asia Society, December 3, 1981- February 28, 1982; Tokyo National Museum, October 4, 1982- November 17, 1982. No. 30.

Senses and Sensibilities in Chinese Painting, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, February 14, 2008- August 24, 2008.


Provenance

Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2007.

Published References

Wai-Kam Ho, et al., Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and The Cleveland Museum of Art. (The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, c1980), 50, no. 30.

Roger Ward and Patricia J. Fidler, eds., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection (New York: Hudson Hills Press, in association with Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1993), 316.

Deborah Emont Scott, ed., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, 7th ed. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2008), 342.

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