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A rough, red rock seems to grow out of the hillside, almost as organically as the orchids growing next to it.  Calligraphic text is in the upper left corner.
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Orchids and Red Rock
1980
Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
2006/1.132
Two seated men, depicted in three-quarter length, with flowing beards and long robes look out from this print. A painting of a seated woman holding a child on her lap sits on an easel between them. A closed book is placed before the man on the left, and a second book sits open next to the figure on the right. This man holds a mahlstick, used by painters to steady their hand as they work, in his right hand. A palette and brushes are placed on a ledge in front of him.
Ludolphe Buesinck
St. Luke and St. Mark with a Portrait of the Virgin and Child
17th century
Gift of J. Frederick Hoffman
2007/2.144
A rock rises above the earth, and branches of bamboo mimic the gentle curve of its shape. Grasses grow below. Two lines of calligraphic text are written verticalley on the left side of the painting.
Chang Ku-nien, Liu Yantao, Gao Yihong
Bamboo and Rock
1960 – 1975
Gift of Dr. Cheng-Yang and Mrs. Shirley Chang
2006/1.134

Ralph Gibson (American (North American))
Painter, London, from "Artifacts"
1984
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Sobel
1985/2.95.5
Calligraphy of a poem written in running script and including three artist's seals and the artist's signature.
Shitao (Shih-t'ao)
Ode on a Wanli-era Imperial Brush
1705
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1965/2.75
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