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The Cockfight

The Cockfight

Artist/Maker (Chinese, 1896–1994)
Date1940
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 24 × 28 3/4 in. (61 × 73 cm)
Frame: 32 5/8 × 37 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (82.9 × 94.6 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineE. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Fund
Object number2002.20
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceLiu Haisu; purchased 1940 directly from the artist by a private collector after a benefit exhibition in Jakarta; consigned 2002 to (Christie's Hong Kong¹); purchased 2002 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: [1] Christie's Hong Kong, sale 2120, lot 142. Exhibition History
Chinese and Japanese Art from Antiquity to the Present
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
Riding the Strong Currents: 20th and 21st Century Chinese Paintings from the AMAM Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 24, 2023 - June 11, 2023 )
Collections
  • Asian
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