Beckoning of Solitude (Zhaoyin tu)

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Beckoning of Solitude (Zhaoyin tu)

Xiang Shengmo (China, Zhejiang Province, 1592-1658)

China, Chinese, Ming dynasty, dated 1626

Paintings

Handscroll, ink on paper

Image: 520 in. x 10 1/2 in. (1320.8 cm x 26.7 cm); Mount: 632 1/4 in. x 11 5/8 in. (1605.9 cm x 29.5 cm)

Los Angeles County Fund (60.29.2)

Chinese Art

Not currently on public view

Bibliography

Cervone, Einor K. "Art | Adrift: Curating Selves aboard Ming-Dynasty Painting-and-Calligraphy Boats." Archives of Asian Art 69, no.2 (2019): 155-179.
Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.

Cervone, Einor K. "Art | Adrift: Curating Selves aboard Ming-Dynasty Painting-and-Calligraphy Boats." Archives of Asian Art 69, no.2 (2019): 155-179.
Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
Chang, Raymond and Chang, Margaret Scrogin. Speaking of Chinese: A Cultural History of the Chinese Language. New York: W.W. Norton Publishers, 2001.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
Little, Stephen. An Introduction to Chinese Paintings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Art Catalogues; LACMA, 2017.

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