清/現代　俞明　桐窗仕女圖　摺扇|Woman by a window beneath a wutong tree

Yu Ming

dated 1923 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Yu Ming, nephew of Yu Yuan, made this painting in response to a poem by his uncle. A slender woman leans languidly on the ledge of an open window by a wutong tree. Unlike some of the other paintings of women, this one carries a clear erotic tinge.

Artist

Yu Ming

Date

dated 1923

Medium

Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986