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Xu Beihong

Standing Horse

1941

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Xu Beihong

Standing Horse

1941

Physical Qualities Ink on paper, Image: 34 3/4 x 20 in. (88.3 x 50.8 cm.) Overall (scroll, remounted 2017): 90 1/2 × 25 3/4 in. (229.9 × 65.4 cm.); (rod): 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm.) L
Credit Line Gift of Kai-Yun Chiu, Baltimore, in Honor of her Parents, Chung-Wei Chiu and Shu-Tsing Chiu
Object Number 2009.156
The painting depicts a galloping horse with tail and mane flowing backward.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Kai-Yun Chiu, Baltimore, by descent; Chung-Wei Chiu, Taiwan, by gift; from the artist

Inscribed: Signed and dated Autumn 1942. Inscribed and dedicated to Chung-Wei Chiu.

Artist

Xu Beihong

1894–1952

Chinese, 1895-1953
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