Calligraphy, One of a Couplet
Artist
Fang Zhaoling
(Chinese, 1914 - 2006)
Date1998
MaterialsInk on paper
DimensionsH. 51 in x W. 11 1/2 in, H. 129.5 cm x W. 29.2 cm (image); H. 93 1/2 in x W. 17 1/2 in, H. 237.5 cm x W. 44.5 cm (overall)
Credit LineGift of the artist's children
Object number2005.38.2
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewSignedArtist signature and date: 戊寅年婦女節，南山畫室方召麟八十有四歲懸腕。
Seal: 召麟大利(白文方印)；八十四歲後作(朱長文方引首印)。
InscribedInscribed (right) Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi at 84. I wrote this calligraphy.
(left) During the Women's Festival (March 8) of wu yin (1998) Fang Zhaoling at Nanshan studio.
澹泊以明志；寧靜而致遠。
More InformationThe right scroll reads: Be peaceful then you can reach a [great] distance. The left scroll reads: Do not be ambitious and you can reach wisdom.
Inscribed in smaller letters on the right: Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi at eighty-four. I wrote this calligraphy.
Inscribed in smaller letters on the left: During the Women's Festival [March 8] of the cyclical year wuyin [1998]. Fang Zhaoling at Nanshan studio
Inscribed in smaller letters on the right: Fang Zhaoling of Liangqi at eighty-four. I wrote this calligraphy.
Inscribed in smaller letters on the left: During the Women's Festival [March 8] of the cyclical year wuyin [1998]. Fang Zhaoling at Nanshan studio
