King Yu Moving a Mountain to Control the Floods

Arts of Asia

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

Artist unknown
Chinese

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Department: Arts of Asia

Title: King Yu Moving a Mountain to Control the Floods
Place: China (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1701–1799
Medium: Handscroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 29 × 373 cm (11 7/16 × 146 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick
Reference Number: 1943.1152
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Wu Hung with Jason McGrath and Stephanie Smith, “DISPLACEMENT The Three Gorges Dam and Conemporay Chinese Art” (Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2008), pp. 24, 25 (figs 8- 9)
Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings: Third Series, Vol. 1 American and Canadian Collections 1, Research Field of Art, East Asian Department, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, (The University of Tokyo, by University of Tokyo Press, 2013), pp. I -16, 17, no. A 3–059

DISPLACEMENT The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art exhibitions: October 2, 2008-January 25, 2009; Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, March 25 -July 18, 2010, The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

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