Mynah Bird on a Rock

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Description

Executed in plain black ink on paper, this painting in hanging scroll format depicts a mynah bird perched atop a rock, with body facing to viewer’s right and head turned back behind it to the left. The rock appears in the center left of the composition and is rendered in just a few simple, broad strokes of ink wash, in contrast to the dark black ink used to depict the bird and sparse moss and vegetation on the underside of the rock. A signature and square red intaglio seal appear near the lower left, as if on top of the visible lower portion of the rock.

Dimensions

painting proper: H. 57.3 x W. 26.3 cm (22 9/16 x 10 3/8 in.) mounting, inlcuding suspension core and roller ends: H. 150.2 x W. 43.1 cm (59 1/8 x 16 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Louis V. Ledoux Collection, New York (by 1948), by descent; to his son L. Pierre Ledoux, New York (1948-2001), by inheritance; to his widow Joan F. Ledoux, New York, (2001-2013), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013. Footnotes: 1. Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948) 2. L. Pierre Ledoux (1912-2001) 3. On long term loan to Harvard Art Museums from 1981 to 2013.