Hibiscus and White Butterfly
Unidentified maker, Chinese, 1644 - 1911
Unknown Chinese, Chinese
Qing Dynasty, Qian-long Period, 1736-1795
Album leaf; colored inks and wash on silk
Sight: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
Sight: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dorothy Marion Levitt Beskind and D. Herbert Beskind, Class of 1936
P.958.344.3
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
SART 20, SART 71, Drawing II,III, Jack Wilson, Fall 2022
Art History 34.02, Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages 62.03, Chinese Painting, Ziliang (Alex) Liu, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Chinese Art from the College Collection, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 30-September 4, 1978.
Churchill P. Lathrop at Dartmouth 1928-1978, Strauss and Barrows Galleries and Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 20-November 26, 1978.
Director's Choice, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 10-July 10, 1966.
Provenance
Dorothy Marion Levitt Beskind (1917-2014) and David Herbert Beskind (1915-2015), Class of 1936, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1958.
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