Lady Writing Poetry

Description The artist writes at upper left: Whistle of the wind stirs falling leaves Over which sprinkle a few drops of rain. The heart is divided: one half for poetry Another half for melancholy.

Exhibitions

• Transcending Turmoil: Painting at the Close of China's Empire, 1796-1911. Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Denver Art Museum, Denver; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong. 1992-1993.

Provenance Xu Hongting [Hsü Hung-t'ing] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Liu Song-bu [Liu Sung-pu], Shanghai [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, China Pavilion, 1915 [no. 285]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Translation] At upper left: Whistle of the wind stirs falling leaves / Over which sprinkle a few drops of rain. / The heart is divided: one half for poetry / Another half for melancholy.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1915