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Rocks

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Rocks

early 20th century

Yun Yong-gu

Korean, 1853 - 1939

Yun 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.
Ink on paper
Overall (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)
Gift of Frank S. Bayley III
2021.36.5
Provenance: [Kang Gallery, New York]; purchased from gallery by Frank S.Bayley III, San Francisco, California, 2013; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2021
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view Aug. 11, 2022 - Jan. 8, 2023].

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