No word
(Wu yu 無語)
2009
Medium
ink on paper
Measurements
93.0 × 174.5 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Jason Yeap, OAM and Min Lee Wong, 2010
© Kim Hoa Tram
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
stamped in red ink (in seal script) (in image) u.r.: 妙理 / 無言
inscribed in brush and ink (in image) u.r.: 無語 己 丑 年 一 和
stamped in red ink (in image) l.r.: 沈氏
Accession Number
2010.515.2
Department
Asian Art
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