Portrait of Shirley and Chen-yang Chang / Chang Ku-nien
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.114
- Title
- Portrait of Shirley and Chen-yang Chang
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Medium and Support
- ink and color on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1984
- 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
- 33.6 cm x 66.3 cm (13 1/4 in. x 26 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- figure painting
- Physical Description
- A man and woman under a tree while the woman plays a type of zither. Nearby are trees in bloom with pink flowers. Writing is located in the upper left corner of the painting.
- Subject Matter
- Portrait of artist's elder son Cheng-yang and daughter-in-law Shirley to celebrate their twentieth anniversary of marriage. In the painting, Shirley is playing a kind of zither and her husband standing beside in a caring and appreciative manner.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2006/1.114
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.114/2006_1_114.jpg
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"Portrait of Shirley and Chen-yang Chang; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.114/2006_1_114.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
