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Rocks

Dateearly 20th century

Label TextYun Yong-gu was a high-ranking official in the court of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). After the Japanese annexation in 1910, Yun lived a seclusive life in the mountains as a protest, painting bamboo, orchids, rocks, and landscape that signal his resilience as a scholar-gentleman.

Object number2021.36.5

Provenance[Kang Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Frank S.Bayley III, San Francisco, California, 2013; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2021

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, February 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view August 11, 2022 - January 8, 2023]. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Meot: Korean Art from the Frank Bayley Collection, August 28, 2024 - March 9, 2025.

Credit LineGift of Frank S. Bayley III

DimensionsOverall (mounting & endknobs & hanging cord): 46 7/8 × 17 1/2 in. (119 × 44.5 cm) Image (Painting only): 15 3/4 × 11 1/8 in. (40 × 28.3 cm)

MediumInk on paper