Artist:Attributed to Yun Shouping (Chinese, 1633–1690) Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Date:dated 1684 Culture:China Medium:Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper Dimensions:Image: 82 5/16 x 38 11/16 in. (209.1 x 98.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 129 x 40 3/8 in. (327.7 x 102.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 129 x 44 3/4 in. (327.7 x 113.7 cm) Classification:Paintings Credit Line:Gift of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, in honor of Professor Wen Fong, 1982 Accession Number:1982.470 Lotuses, a tour de force of "boneless" (color washes with no ink outlines) painting on paper, shows Yun as the most brilliant and subtle colorist of his time. Although the depiction recalls the realism of Song Painting Academy flower paintings, the artist insists in his colophon that he "merely followed the inclination of [his] brushwork in making dots and washes, benefiting from exhilarating accidents and not searching for physical verisimilitude."
Artist:Attributed to Yun Shouping (Chinese, 1633–1690) Period:Qing dynasty (1644–1911) Date:dated 1684 Culture:China Medium:Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper Dimensions:Image: 82 5/16 x 38 11/16 in. (209.1 x 98.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 129 x 40 3/8 in. (327.7 x 102.6 cm) Overall with knobs: 129 x 44 3/4 in. (327.7 x 113.7 cm) Classification:Paintings Credit Line:Gift of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, in honor of Professor Wen Fong, 1982 Accession Number:1982.470 Lotuses, a tour de force of "boneless" (color washes with no ink outlines) painting on paper, shows Yun as the most brilliant and subtle colorist of his time. Although the depiction recalls the realism of Song Painting Academy flower paintings, the artist insists in his colophon that he "merely followed the inclination of [his] brushwork in making dots and washes, benefiting from exhilarating accidents and not searching for physical verisimilitude."