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Blue and Green Mountains
Blue and Green Mountains

Blue and Green Mountains

Original Language Title青綠山水
Attributed to Qiu Ying 仇英 (Chinese, 1494 - 1552)
DateMing dynasty (1368-1644)
MediumVertical scroll (paneled); ink and heavy color on silk
DimensionsUnframed: 31 × 13 1/2 inches (78.74 × 34.29 cm)
Framed: 46 × 21 inches (116.84 × 53.34 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Barbara James McGreevy
Object numberF96-35
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Exhibition History

Flowers to Frost: Four Seasons in East Asian Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, January 18 - July 17, 2016.

Gallery Label
A horse and groom cool their weary feet in a mountain stream after a long trek in the mountains. The bright blue and green tone suggests warm weather, while the reddish leaves hint that the season is changing. Might it be a warm day in late summer or early autumn?
Provenance

With C. T. Loo & Co., New York, stock no. 86736, November 1939-May 26, 1949 [1];

Purchased from C. T. Loo, Inc. by Milton W. (1903-1980) and Barbara James (1905-1996) McGreevy, Shawnee Mission, KS, May 26, 1949-1996 [2];

Barbara James McGreevy's estate, 1996;

Her estate's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1996.

NOTES:

[1] C. T. Loo and Frank Caro archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy of stock card in NAMA curatorial files.

[2] C. T. Loo & Co. was incorporated as C. T. Loo, Inc. in 1949.



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