Bird on Branch

Creator

Wu Zhongxiong (1899-1989) Alternative Name: Chong Yung Woo

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Production Date

1987

Date Source

Inscribed

Object/Work Type

Painting

Dimensions

22.0 x 15.0 cm

8.7 x 5.9 in

Materials and Techniques

Ink and color on paper

Current Location

Otterbein Univeristy

Genre

Bird and Flower

Classification Level

Painting, Chinese -- 20th c.

Description

A small bird with its mouth open and tongue out, perched on a branch with pink flowers. 2 columns of Chinese characters in upper right. 2 red seals - 1 at bottom left, the other at middle right.

Transcribed Chinese Text:

一九八七年 芳菲老人

时年八九 仲熊

Translation:

1987 Flowering Senior (Woo's artist name) Yong

Aged 89 Chong Yong

Accession Number

2015.02.05RIGHTCR

Recommended Citation

"Bird on Branch" (1987). C.Y. Woo Collection (Wu Zhongxiong 1899 - 1989). 49.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/woo/49

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