Wang Tao (Active 19th Century)

(1) signed Yungu Tao, with two seals of the artist, wang tao, yun gu
(2) signed Yungu Wang Tao, with three seals of the artist, wang shi, tao, wu xia ren
(3) signed Wang Tao, with one seal of the artist, tao 
(4) signed Wang Tao, dated dingchou (1817), spring, the second lunar month, with two seals of the artist, tao, you chuang yi xing
(5) signed Wang Tao, with two seals of the artist, wang shi, tao
(6) signed Yungu Wang Tao, with two seals of the artist, wang tao, yun gu
(7) signed Yungu, with two seals of the artist, yun gu, huai yin man ting
(8) signed Yungu Tao, dated dingchou (1817), spring, with three seals of the artist, yun, gu, xian fang
(9) signed Tao, with one seal of the artist, tao
(10) signed Yungu Tao, with three seals of the artist, wang shi, tao, han mo tao qing
(11) signed Wang Tao, with two seals of the artist, tao, yun gu
(12) with one seal of the artist, wang tao yin
Inscription on album leaf by Zhang Jian (19th century), signed Zhang Jian, dated dingchou (1817), spring, with one seal seal, zhang jian yin

Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, March 18- May 7, 1989; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, March 8-April 22, 1990; Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, September 28-November 24, 1991; Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, October 25-December 27, 1992; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, April 18-June 20, 1993; Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 29-March 20, 1994; Crocker Art Museum, California, October 30-December 31, 1997; Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, January 31-March 28, 1999; Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, October 3-December 10, 2000

Heritage of the Brush: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Painting, Phoenix Art Museum, 1989, cat. 39, pp.108-112

- Overall in good condition except paper bear darkened tone.
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