現代　張大千　高士聽泉圖　軸|Recluse Gazing at a Waterfall

Zhang Daqian

undated · Framed hanging scroll, ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Zhang Daqian’s male figures often suggest a hint of self-portraiture. Here, a white-robed scholar who vaguely resembles a young Zhang Daqian sits atop a rocky promontory gazing wistfully at a waterfall. The artist’s inscription reads: The stream chills half the tree, All year long is autumnal. Chanting, he sits with hunched shoulders like a lonely crane. A golden pavilion appears in the myriad clouds Poem by Zhang Laopu, Zhang Daqian Yuan, tenth month of the jichou year [1949]. --Translation after Keita Itoh and Lawrence Wu

Artist

Zhang Daqian

Date

undated

Medium

Framed hanging scroll, ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Robert H. Ellsworth, 2014