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Album of Landscapes and Figures with Calligraphy by Chen Xiuyu
Xugu · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1896
Provenance
Ownership history
- Florence Ayscough MacNair (1875-1942; born Weelock; also Florence Ayscough) and Harley Farnsworth MacNair (1891–1947), Shanghai, China, then Chicago; by descent to Harley Farnsworth MacNair, Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 28, 1943.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Zaixin Hong, “Florence Ayscough: Pioneer Promoter of Modern Chinese Painting in America”, Collectors, Collections & Collecting the Arts of China: Histories & Challenges; ed. Steuber, Jason with Guolong Lai ( University Press of Florida, 2014), p.121
- Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Third Series, Vol. 1 American and Canadian Collections 1, Research Field of Art, East Asian Department, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo, by University of Tokyo Press, 2013; page I-22, 23, 24, No. A 3–070.
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