White Clouds / Chang Ku-nien
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/1.126
- Title
- White Clouds
- 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
- 1972
- 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
- Dimensions
- 89.2 cm x 43.2 cm (35 1/8 in. x 17 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- Cloudy mountain scene with calligrapic text in the upper right corner.
- Subject Matter
- A mountain in sea of coulds is depicted. This was created in 1972 on Dragon Boat Festival, perhaps after a get-together with relatives and friends. In the colophon, Chang Ku-nien compared a gentleman's embracive mind to a stream which restlessly runs to far far away.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- coating (material)
- coating by form
- descriptors
- earth sciences concepts
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- materials
- materials by function
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- paintings
- paintings by form
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- scientific concepts
- scroll paintings
- settlements and landscapes
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- weather and related phenomena
- weather-related phenomena
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1852 x 3820
- File Size
- 941 KB
- Record
- 2006/1.126
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.126/2006_1.126.jpg
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"White Clouds; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.126/2006_1.126.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
