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Calligraphy in Clerical Script

Artist Aixinjueluo Yuge (Chinese)
CultureChinese
Dateca. 1960
MediumHanging scroll; ink on paper.
DimensionsOverall: 66 1/2 × 17 inches (168.91 × 43.18 cm)
Overall (rolled): 20 1/2 × 2 inches (52.07 × 5.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.32
InscribedFour large characters read from top to bottom: Happiness, Longevity, Good Heath and Peace
On View
Not on view
DescriptionCalligraphy mounted in hanging scroll features four characters in clerical script. Artist's signature and dedication to Ralph T. Coe.Exhibition History
The Mirror Effect: Reflections upon our Realities. The Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, May-July, 2017.
Provenance

Purchased by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), China;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025

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