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Valley of the Heart No. 9

心壑之九

1998

Wong Wucius 王無邪

(Chinese, b. 1936)

China

Ink and color on paper

Overall: 94 x 213.4 cm (37 x 84 in.)

Alma Kroeger Fund 2006.1

Location

not on view

Description

Many contemporary Chinese painters like Wucius Wong are interested in reinventing traditional Chinese ink painting with new artistic sensitivities to express modern experiences. Wong painted this after relocating to Hong Kong, but his landscapes were inspired by the Hudson River and its cliffs, near where he lived in New Jersey from 1986 to 1994. His brushwork and use of ink are traditionally Chinese, while the impact of Western modernism is seen in the rhythm and diagonal structure of the peaks and valleys.

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower left: "Valley of the Heart No. 9", signed "Wang Wuxie", with an artist's seal, dated 1998.

Provenance
?–2006
(Kaikodo America Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
2006–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Chung, Anita, "New Chinese Landscapes", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 47 no. 05, May/June 2007 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 11 archive.org
Chung, Anita. "Re-emergence: New Chinese Galleries and Art Acquisitions of The Cleveland Museum of Art." Orientations vol 44 no. 8 (November/December 2013): 64–75. Reproduced: pp. 72–73, fig. 8
Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 21, 2013-July 28, 2014).

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