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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
The Purity of Snow
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

The Purity of Snow

Date1965
Object number66.89
ProvenanceLiu Guosong
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Terratopia: The Chinese Landscape in Painting and Film," (07/02/2016-02/26/2017) Seattle, WA, Seattle Art Museum, "Liu Kuo-sung," March 7 - April 7, 1968 (not listed in exhibition catalogue checklist, but included in exhibition)Published ReferencesArchives of Asian Art, Vol. 21, No. 102, 1967-68 Seattle Art Museum, Engagement Book, 1969 (February 2)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 24 1/4 in. (66.04 x 61.6 cm) Image: 25 1/8 x 23 3/8in. (63.8 x 59.4cm)
MediumInk and color on paper
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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Waterfowl in Snow
Tsuji Kako
ca.1918
Object number: 2010.41.23
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1759-1818
Object number: SC81.44
Landscape in Snow (Yuki naka Sansui)
after 1813
Object number: SC81.42
ca.1890
Object number: 2010.41.9.1
Fan:  Three Geese in Snow
16th century
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
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