| Title |
Chinese Art [035] Painting (034) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 58, Guelin, River Li and Chinese Landscape, 2 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1970 |
| Subject |
Kuncan, active 17th century--Photographs; Painting, Chinese--Photographs; Scrolls (Decorative arts)--Photographs; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum--Photographs; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Rivers--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; China; Art; Painting |
| Keywords |
Chinese culture; Fine arts; Displays |
| Spatial Coverage |
San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Description |
Photograph of a Chinese painting: "The River Bend" by by K'un-ts'an (active 1650-1675 A.D.), date: 1661, San Francisco, California |
| Caption on Slide |
"The River Bend" by K'un-ts'an (active 1650-1675 A.D.), date: 1661. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from (faded) color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on ARTstor. Note: Similar image can also be found on Asian Art Museum of San Francisco website (Object ID: B65D53): http://67.52.109.59:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/id/12994 Note: "Kūn Cán (1612 to after 1674) was a Chinese painter..."--Wikipedia. Note: "Kuncan (Chinese, 1612-1673)...Kuncan's landscapes, painted in the densely textured style of the Yuan master Wang Meng (ca. 1308-1385), are often accompanied by inscriptions..."--The Metropolitan Museum of Art website. Note: "Kuncan (K'un-ts'an), active 2nd half of 17th century..."--ARTstor. Note: "The Qing Dynasty [Ch'ing]...was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917."--Wikipedia. Note: "In 1959...industrialist Avery Brundage agreed to donate the first part of his vast collection of Asian art to San Francisco on the condition that the city build a new museum to house it...Completed in 1966, the new facility opened on June 10, 1966, in a space constructed as a wing of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park...In July 1969...the institution became an independent entity...In 1973 the institution-until then known officially as the Center for Asian Art and Culture-was renamed the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco."--Museum History, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco website. Note: "The Asian art collection remained open to the public at the de Young until October 2001, when it closed in preparation for [relocation]. In November 2003 it re-opened its doors to the public at its new Civic Center location as an independent museum."--Museum History, de Young Museum website. Note: Original caption information for the image provided as: "Dated 1661, D'un-ts'an (active 1650-1675 A.D.) Early Ch'ing Landscape, Hanging scroll Ink of Paper" Note: See (also) image with File Name: guelinandriverlilandscape024. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s65x2std |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
339666 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65x2std |
