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Album of Landscapes and Calligraphy for Liu Songfu

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Album of Landscapes and Calligraphy for Liu Songfu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895/96. Album of 25 leaves; ink and light color on paper.

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Album of 25 leaves; ink and light color on paper · Each leaf: 30.5 × 36.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
Album of Landscapes and Calligraphy for Liu Songfu
Artist
Xugu 虛谷 (Chinese, 1823-1896)
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895/96
Medium
Album of 25 leaves; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
Each leaf: 30.5 × 36.3 cm (12 × 14 1/4 in.)
Credit line
Gift of Florence Ayscough and Harley Farnsworth MacNair
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

Album of Landscapes and Calligraphy for Liu Songfu · Xugu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1895/96
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