Unknown Artist
Crow and Heron
May one see it?
Not receiving at present
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Executed in plain black ink on paper, this painting in vertical hanging scroll format depicts a white heron and black crow perched atop the broken trunk of a tree. The heron faces the viewer and stands hunched forward with its left leg raised. His body mostly obscured by the heron, the crow stands in profile behind his companion, facing the viewer’s right, his heavy lid and furrowed brow lending it an air of slight menace. The tree trunk was painted perfunctorily with a dry brush; only sparse bits of leaves and short branches appear on the trunk’s lower portion. A signature and red intaglio seal appear at the right edge of the composition.
Harvard Art Museums
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2013.56
In the catalog
Sources
- Harvard Art Museums
- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
