Media Coverage
LA Times - "James Cahill dies at 87; scholar of Chinese art"
New York Times - "James Cahill, Influential Authority on Chinese Art, Dies at 87"
The Daily Californian - "Professor Emeritus James Cahill, Chinese art expert, dies at 87"
LANDsds Sustainable Voice News - "Loss of Guru Voice James Cahill Leader in Chinese Art"
SFGate - "James Cahill, Asian art expert at UC Berkeley, dies"
WCP5
(+ = in box, H = have, B? = Berkeley?, D = Department slide)
5/1, 5/1a, Qiu Ying "Nymph of Luo" + detail (D) 5/2, Gu Kaizhi Nymph, Beijing KK scroll (H) 5/3, "Tang Yin" woman holding out sash (+) 1/25, Huang Shifu 1740 (YH 30.2 etc.) (H) 5/4. Qiu Ying lady gazing at mandarin ducks (+) 5/5 Qiu Ying, similar, on paper (B?) (5/6, 5/7: Yu Qiu, skip?) 5/8-5/11, Qiu Ying woman outside (Met) (+), MFA Lady Lingzhao (H) 5/12. Qiu Ying, Woman in Upstairs Room Gazing Over River (BMFA) (+) 5/13a,b,c.. Details of same. (+) 5/14. Woodblock print after Qiu Ying, similar (B?) 5/15 Illus. to Pipa Ji, late Ming pring (B?) 5/16a-g. Wu Bin handscroll, Cheng Chi's (photos) 5/18. Woodblock print from 10 Scenes of West Lake (B?) 5/19. Wen Zhengming , similar (+) 5/20. So. Song fan, woman on terrace, man in boat (D)(= Lyric J. 1.41) 5/21. Chen Hongshou, Freer (+) 5/22. Hua Yan, woman seen thru window writing (B?) 5/22a. 19c Chen Yunzhang? Woman w. fan in round window (+) 5/23. Hua Yan, su Xiaoxiao seen thru window (+) 5/23a. Detail of this. (+) 5/24 Huang Zhuan, lady and maid in LS (B?) 5/25. Old reprod., woman seen thru moon door (B?) 5.26. Chen Hongshou, woman w. parokeet, little boy (+) 5.26a. Detail of same (+) 5/27. Chen Hongshou, woman warming cloth over brazier (+) 5/28. Yu Zhiding (BM) similar subject (+) 5/29. Qian Hui'an fenben (B?) 5/30. Anon. Sjong (BMFA?) fan w. parokeet (D) 5/31. Another Qian Hui'an fenben, w. parokeet (B?) 5/31a,b. Qiu Zhu/Qiu Shi. gardem scene, parrot 5/32. Leaf from Sancai tuhui, taming parokeet (B?) 5/33. Xu Lan, girl & parokeet (D) 5/34a. Du Jin? Freer 17.335, standing lady writing on leaf (+) 5/36. Fei Danxu 1821 Lady at Weiqi Board. (B?) 5/37, Yin Shi, BM, detail (+) 5/38. Qian Hui-an fenben (B?) 5/39. So.Song fan leaf, woman at doorway (D) (= Lyric J. 1.40) 5/40. Woman dreaming, from album (+) 5/41. Fei Danxu, Girl Sleepiing in Garden (+) 5/42. Zhu Meicun, fan ptg., Girl Sleeping in Garden (+) 5/43. Detail of same. (+) 5/44. Gu Jianlong, Girl Napping (old reprod.) (H) 5/45. Couple in bed, detail (QL Albums Master) (+) 5/46. Scene of washing, detail (same) (+) 5/47. Two women and man (same) (+) 1/19. Yingying Offering Flower (detail) (+) 3.17. Woman with fan, from Chen Hongshou scroll. (+) 2/31 and 2/31a. Que Luan, Lady w. Plum Branch, 1812 (+) 5/48. Brothel scene: maid introduces courtesan (H) 5/49. Tang Luming, Beauty in Snow. 5/49a,b. Details of same. (5/50: skip?) 5/51. Chen Hongshou, leaf from early album (H) 5/52. Detail from Freer Xixiang-ji: lovers' hands (+) 5/53. Woman holding Buddha's hand fruit, from 8 Beauties (+) 5/53a. Detail of same 5/53b, dish of B's hand fruit from Freer Xixiang-ji 5/54. Woman's hands and B's hand fruit, alb. leaf (+) 5/55. Man groping woman; B's hand fruit nearby (+) 5/56. Detail from washing scene: bowl of B's hand fruit (+) 5/57. Hans Baldung, Adam and Eve (D) 5/58. Woman w. B's hand fruit, Nelson Gal. (+) 5/60, Jan Steen, Woman Selling Oysters (+) 5/61. Woman seated, w. fan, B's hand fruit (+) 5/62. Detail. Missing. 5/63. Yang Feiyun, Pengpeng nude. (+ ) 5/64. Some erotic album leaf w. woman's sex exposed. (0) 5/65. Some Japanese erotic print w. large genitals etc. (H)
5/34. Gai Qi, lady writing poem on red leaf (D)
5/34b. Detail of same. (+)
5/59a etc. Details. (+)
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