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Bamboo and Rock / Chang Ku-nien
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.123
- Title
- Bamboo and Rock
- Artist
- Chang Ku-nien
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- (Shanghai, China, 1906 - 1987, Flint, Michigan)
- Medium and Support
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1965-1985
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Taiwan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Taiwan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
- Style/Group/Movement
- ink
- Dimensions
- 67 cm x 33.7 cm (26 3/8 in. x 13 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- bird and flower
- Physical Description
- Bamboo and strangely shaped rock are painted here.
- Subject Matter
- In Chinese literati painting tradition, scholars like to compare themselves to bamboo and rock with strong personality as well as great rectitude.
- Secondary Keywords
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by function
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- plant material
- scroll paintings
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2006/1.123
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.123/2006_1_123.jpg
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- Full citation
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"Bamboo and Rock; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.123/2006_1_123.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
