About the Artwork
Fishing in Summer Shade
1483
Wu Wei
1459 - 1508
Chinese
Unknown
Ink and watercolor on silk
Image: 73 1/2 × 40 1/8 inches (186.7 × 101.9 cm) Overall: 91 1/2 × 51 1/8 inches (232.4 × 129.9 cm)
Paintings
Asian Art
City of Detroit Purchase
21.181
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Provenance
1921-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Barnhart, Richard. “Two Chinese Paintings Acquired for the DIA in 1921 by Ralph H. Booth.” Bulletin of the DIA 92, no. 1/4 (2018): pp. 10-13, 15, 17-18, (figs. 5-8).
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attributed to Wu Wei, Fishing in Summer Shade, 1483, ink and watercolor on silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 21.181.
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