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Lotuses on a summer evening

After Yun Shouping Chinese
likely 18th century
Not on view
Lotuses, a tour de force of "boneless" (color washes with no ink outlines) painting on paper, shows Yun as the most brilliant and subtle colorist of his time. Although the depiction recalls the realism of Song Painting Academy flower paintings, the artist insists in his colophon that he "merely followed the inclination of [his] brushwork in making dots and washes, benefiting from exhilarating accidents and not searching for physical verisimilitude."

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Object Information
  • 清 佚名　仿惲壽平 夏夜清荷圖 軸
  • Title: Lotuses on a summer evening
  • Artist: After Yun Shouping (Chinese, 1633–1690)
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: likely 18th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 82 5/16 x 38 11/16 in. (209.1 x 98.3 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 129 x 40 3/8 in. (327.7 x 102.6 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 129 x 44 3/4 in. (327.7 x 113.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, in honor of Professor Wen Fong, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.470
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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