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Living Aloft by Wen Zhengming — VisualArtsDB

Living Aloft

Living Aloft

1543

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 37 1/2 x 18 in. (95.3 x 45.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 82 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (208.6 x 64.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 82 1/8 x 29 5/8 in. (208.6 x 75.2 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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