Ghosts by Yao Luan
Art Institute of Chicago

Ghosts

Yao Luan · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1893

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. 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, Dec. 15, 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-20,21, No. A 3–069.

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