id:			169270
accession number:	2011.15
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.15
updated:		2023-03-22 03:04:47.604000

Study: "Waterfall, Chelsea Hotel, NY", 1978. Ching Ho Cheng (American, 1946–1989). Gouache ; image: 68 x 53.5 cm (26 3/4 x 21 1/16 in.); paper: 73.6 x 58.5 cm (29 x 23 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Ching Ho Cheng Estate 2011.15 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				Study: "Waterfall, Chelsea Hotel, NY"
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creation date:			1978
creation date earliest:		1978
creation date latest:		1978
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creditline:			Gift of the Ching Ho Cheng Estate
copyright:			© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gouache 
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 20th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Ching Ho Cheng (American, 1946–1989)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 68 x 53.5 cm (26 3/4 x 21 1/16 in.); Paper: 73.6 x 58.5 cm (29 x 23 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	on verso, lower margin, in graphite: "Waterfall, Chelsea Hotel, NY" Study; at lower right, in black ink: [artist's thumb print]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ching Ho Cheng Estate, New York, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1978-2011
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fun fact:
Drawings such as this one have been described by Ching Ho Cheng’s sister, Sybao, as being “about contemplation and about self-transformation.”

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Born to a Chinese diplomat family in Cuba, Ching Ho Cheng spent much of his career in New York City, where he was involved in the city’s artistic scene from the 1960s through the ‘80s. The style of his artworks varied widely through the decades, but he consistently preferred to work on paper, resulting in drawings such as this one. It belongs to a series that Ching created in opaque gouache presenting subtle, everyday subjects in exacting detail. Here, the artist represented the cracked paint and droplets of moisture in the shower of his then lover Gregory Millard at the famed Chelsea hotel, known at the time for its vibrant avant-garde social scene. The viewer is situated as if entering the shower, a vantage point that contributes to its poignant sense of stasis and quietude.

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