Bamboo-Covered Stream in Spring Rain by Xia Chang
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Bamboo-Covered Stream in Spring Rain

Xia Chang · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1441

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Qing Imperial Collection. Tan Jing (1911–1991), Shanghai. Ching Tsai Loo (C.T. Loo, 1880‒1957), Paris and New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 25, 1950.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • The Art Institute of Chicago : Ming (1368-1644) Ching (1644-1921) dynasties Exhibition 1964

Literature

Published references

  • Charles F. Kelley, "The Bamboo Stream Spring Rain Picture," Bulletin of Art Institute of Chicago, 45, 2 (April-May 1951), pp. 26-28.
  • Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles (Ronald Press, 1956-58), 4, p. 122, pl. 134.
  • Sherman E. Lee, Chinese Landscape Painting, 2nd ed, rev. (Harper & Row, 1962), pp. 57-58, pp. 58-59 (ill), as Bamboo Bordered Stream in the Spring Rain.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago 1964 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-25438, p. (13)
  • Kei Suzuki, comp., Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings [Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku], American and Canadian Collections, (University of Tokyo Press, 1982), 1, pls. A3-019.
  • Kathlyn Liscomb, “Wang Fu’s Contribution to the Formation of a New Painting Style in the Ming Dynasty,” Artibus Asiae
  • 47, 1/2 (1987), p. 69. fig.14.
  • Elinor L. Pearlstein and James T. Ulak, Asian Art in the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago/ Harry N. Abrams,1993), p. 75, 149, p. 2,3 ( frontispiece, ill. detail)

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