Bird on a Snow-Covered Flowering Apricot
(China )
A late-winter snowstorm has covered the blossoms of the prunus or apricot. The artist's subject matter is traditional; the scattered focus and the broad brushwork are modern.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, China Pavilion, 1915 [no. 290]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1915, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
35.105A