Xu Beihong
Autumn Moon Festival
1935
Scroll
Xu Beihong
Autumn Moon Festival
1935
Physical Qualities
Ink and color on paper, 30 x 16 1/2 in. (76.2 x 41.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kai-Yun Chiu, Baltimore, in Honor of her Parents, Chung-Wei Chiu and Shu-Tsing Chiu
Object Number
2009.155
A rooster and hen are depicted in ink, with their plumage in red. The painting is dedicated to the donor's father, "To Mr. Yiwu for his appreciation. Mid-Autumn 1936. Beihong painted this in Guilin where I just moved to the province." [translated by Jason Kuo, June 2015]
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Kai-Yun Chiu, Baltimore, by descent; Chung-Wei Chiu, Taiwan, by gift; from the artist
Frances Klapthor, "BMA Past/Future: Guyton/Chiu; Two Collections of Chinese Art," BMA, August 18, 2010-
Inscribed: Signed and dated eighth lunar month of 1936. Ten horizontal lines addressed to Chung-Wei Chiu; artist seal.
