Yu Youren
Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script
1944
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Yu Youren
Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script
1944
Physical Qualities
Ink on paper, 67 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (171.5 x 41.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Kai-Yun Chiu, Baltimore, in Honor of her Parents, Chung-Wei Chiu and Shu-Tsing Chiu
Object Number
2009.165.1-2
The panels are inscribed, "All the waves in the sea have calmed down" (right panel) and "A bright sun is shining over divine country again" (left panel). [translated by Ping Wang, a friend of the donor's cousin, Thomas Li, October 2014]
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: Right panel dedicated to Chung-Wei Chiu; artist signature and seals on left panel.
