Jade Mountain, Auspicious Snow / Chang Ku-nien
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.113
- Title
- Jade Mountain, Auspicious Snow
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Medium and Support
- unmounted scroll, ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- last quarter of 20th century
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Michigan (state)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Michigan (state)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
- Dimensions
- 96 cm x 179 cm (37 13/16 in. x 70 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- unmounted scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Though this painting was not dated, it should be most possibly painted after Chang moved to Michigan in 1974. Perhaps it is because of the cold winter, during this time, Chang created many works on landscape of snow. This is a scene of clearing after snow.
- Subject Matter
- As inscribed on the painting, a good winter snow in Chinese tradition often signifies a prosperous new year. Mountains covered by snow are often praised as jade, which is an auspicious item in Chinese culture. Similar to other paintings of snow by Chang Ku-nien, the brightened landscape implies a joyful and hopeful mood of the artist.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
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- precipitation
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- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2006/1.113
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.113/2006_1_113.jpg
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"Jade Mountain, Auspicious Snow; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.113/2006_1_113.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 05, 2024.