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A Hen and chickens under a tree and surrounding by flowers.
Hen and Chickens
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Hen and Chickens

Artist Liao Fuzhi 廖福之 (Chinese, 19th century)
Date19th century
Place of originChina
MediumInk and color on paper
Dimensions34 x 18 1/2 in. (86.4 x 47 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Charles L. Allen and June P. Allen
Object number2023.8.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionA Hen and chickens under a tree and surrounding by flowers.
Flowers
Flowers
Shiou-Ping Liao 廖修
1979
Falling Leaves
Falling Leaves
Shiou-Ping Liao 廖修
c. 1982
A vertical hanging scroll with a colored landscape painting with depictions of monkeys hovering near the top of the waterfall among red-leafed maple trees.
Monkeys in Maple Grove
풍림원후도
楓林猿猴圖
Shin Yoonbok 신윤복 申潤福
Joseon Dynasty (1392 ‑ 1910), late 18th century
Vertical hanging scroll depicting a landscape scene with multiple small figures and horses traveling through mountainous terrain.
Hunting Scene
호렵도
胡獵圖
Shin Yoonbok 신윤복 申潤福
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), late 18th Century
A small mountain of pale celadon nephrite with russet inclusions carved on one side with a pavilion behind a rocky ledge, shaded by pine trees and three figures at work. The peak of the boulder is incised and gilded with a poem:
Boulder with Landscape and Imperial Inscription
Chinese Artist
18th century
Massive painting on silk mineral pigments and gofum or clam shell gesso, mounted as a hanging scroll, depicting chickens escaping the summer heat in the shade of a nashi pear trellis.
In the Shade of the Nashi Pear Trellis
Doi Soju
1934
A smooth, speckled grey stone sculpture of a hen on a rectangular base. The figure features a rounded, plump body, a carved face with an eye and beak, and a prominent curved section rising behind its head.
Hen
William Zorach
c. 1947
View of face of restaurant with painted sign that reads: "Chicken-Chops Steaks Fish Frys"; white building with green roof; surrounded by trees and a grassy lawn.
Chicken Chops
John Baeder
1980
Couple at their Wabi-Sabi Homestead farm, where they raise chickens, pigs, rabbits, and more in the far eastern corner of Maine. A separate narrative about the sitters, written by Proud, will accompany the image and picture file.
Holly & Shelley, Whiting, Maine
Barbara Proud
2018; print 2025
Small ceramic figurine of a chicken or hen. It has a round white body covered in a grey grid pattern, a small orange comb and wattle, and an upright tail.
Bird
Native American (Acoma, Pueblo)
undated
Two Thalassidroma pelagica (Least Petrel—Mother Carey's Chicken) birds with all-black bodies except for a white stripe on their tail, in flight above the water.
Least Petrel, Mother Carey's Chicken
John James Audubon
1839-1844
A six-panel folding screen with image of four tigers in a bamboo grove next to a flowing stream.
Tigers in a Bamboo Grove
Tosetsu Sogetsu
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century

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