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Along the Riverbank: Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection
by Hearn, Maxwell K. and Wen C. Fong
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0870999052
- ISBN 13
- 9780870999055
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. ix, 174 pp, director's foreword, acknowledgments, Riverbank by Wen C. Fong; Along the Riverbank by Maxwell K. Hearn; Catalogue by Maxwell K. Hearn with Yiguo Zhang; Appendix: Riverbank: The Physical and Documentary Evidence by Maxwell K. Hearn; bibliography, index 160 illustrations, including 55 colorplates. "Among the twelve paintings presented here is the famed Riverbank attributed to the tenth-century master Dong Yuan (active 93os-6os), one of the patriarchs of the scholarly Southern school of landscape painting. It is generally recognized as one of the rare extant paintings marking the inception of the monumental landscape tradition in China. An essay by Wen C. Fong presents in-depth stylistic and contextual history of the painting while Maxwell K. Hearn examines all twelve paintings." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002627
- Title
- Along the Riverbank: Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection
- Author
- Hearn, Maxwell K. and Wen C. Fong
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870999052
- ISBN 13
- 9780870999055
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY CHINESE PAINTING WANG COLLECTION LANDSCAPE PAINTING SOUTHERN SCHOOL THE RIVERBANK
- Bookseller catalogs
- ART HISTORY;
- Size
- 4to
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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