Geese Landing on Sandbars / Chang Ku-nien

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Accession Number
2006/1.142
Title
Geese Landing on Sandbars
Artist
Chang Ku-nien
Artist Nationality
Chinese
Artist Life Dates
1906-1987
Medium and Support
ink and color 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 2
United States (nation)
Creation Place 3
Michigan (state)
Dimensions
75 cm x 41 cm (29 1/2 in. x 16 1/8 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
A scene of geese in pond and on sandbars. The geese are congregated in the lower left hand side of the painting, as are most of the reeds growing from the sand bars. Some geese can also be seen flying in the middle of the painting, though they are not as prominent. Five lines of calligraphy are lcoated in the upper right of the painting.
Subject Matter
The colophon is a poem by Wang Baigu. The scene is a description of the poem, which visualized the poem and at the same time makes the painting poetic. The poem describes a group of geese lingering in the reeds. Geese were a common metaphor for homesickness in Chinese art and literature. Chang must have been familiar with the feeling of homesickness, which suffuses this twilight scene of water, sandbars, and birds.
Primary Keywords
geese
hanging scrolls
ink
sandbars
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1914 x 3507
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Record
2006/1.142
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"Geese Landing on Sandbars; Chang Ku-nien." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-1.142/2006_1.142.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 30, 2024.
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