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Return to Stone Lake 石湖歸棹圖
Shen Zhou · Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1466
Provenance
Ownership history
- Pang Yuanji (1864–1949), Shanghai and Suzhou, China. Ton Ying and Company, New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, May 4, 1951.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Kei Suzuki, comp. “Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings (Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku)”, vol. 1: American and Canadian Collections. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982. pl. A3-012, Page I-32, 33.
- -Richard Edwards, The Field of Stones: A Study of the Art of Shen Chou (1427-1509). Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Oriental Studies no. 5. Washington, D.C., 1962. pp. 8, 10-11, 45, 54, 83-4, pl. 7-c (cat. 111).
- -Xuzhai minghua lu [Catalog of Chinese paintings in the sollection of Pang Yuanji] Shanghai, 1909, 3/Shen Zhou, section 9a-b (recorded)
- -Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. 7 vols. (New York: Ronald Press, 1956-58). VII, Annotated Lists, p. 223, as River-view.
- -Published in Charles Fabens Kelley, "Chinese Painting," The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 4 (November 15, 1951), fig. 4
- Stephen Little, “Chinese Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Arts of Asia, vol. 29, no. 3 (1999): 50-51, fig. 7.
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