Wang Fangyu Papers
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A1999.36
name: label: Collector
content: Wang, Fangyu, 1913-1997
label: Names
content: Wang, Fangyu, 1913-1997
label: Names
content: Zhu, Da, 1626-ca. 1705
place: label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: New Haven (Conn.)
label: Place
content: USA -- Connecticut -- New Haven
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Chinese -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Painting, Chinese
creator: label: Collector
content: Wang, Fangyu, 1913-1997
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Professor Wang Fangyu (1913-1997), collector, art historian, regarded highly for his extensive research on the Chinese artist Zhang Da (1626-1705), commonly known as Bada Shanren. He was one of the world's foremost experts on the life and art of the artist. Prof. Wang also taught Chinese language at Yale University for numerous years.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1,900 Items ((6 cubic feet))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1997
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Prof Wang's son, Shao-fang Wang, 1999. Arrangement of papers made by Mr. Wang Shiqing and his wife.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1999.36
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Negatives
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Organized by form.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers, 1942-1997, and undated, chiefly in Chinese, a small portion photocopies, including: about 70 letters received, 1964-19997, from friends and colleagues; manuscript drafts and research notes; printed material, including exhibition catalogues and articles written by Wang and others; a few snapshots of Wang and friends, and approximately 1,00 still photographs, 500 35mm slides, 80 color transparencies, and 150 negatives, that mostly depict the work by Bada Shanren, including fakes attributed to the artist.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographic material: I. 195 prints, 55 duplicate prints, 1 negative of Bada Shanren's works that are dated, or can be positively dated. II. 66 prints of Bada Shanren's works painted before 1684, and between 1684 and 1694. III. 34 prints of Bada Shanren's works painted between 1695 and 1705. IV. 26 prints, 8 duplicate prints, 5 negatives of identified fakes or obvious fakes of Bada Shanren's works. V. 85 large and 624 small miscellaneous prints of various sizes. VI. Photocopies of miscellanea on Bada Shanren, 7 items.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Manuscripts: I. Published works of Wang Fangyu and parts of Wang's manuscripts. II. Correspondence from Wang Fangyu's friends, not numbered. III. Articles written by Wang Fangyu's friends. IV. Reading notes by Wang Fangyu. V. Miscellaneous notes. VI. 10 printed pamphlets.