Accession Code: wu0595 Title: Scholarly Virtues-Actual Conversations 1 Date completed: 1988 Medium: Photograph Material: Bromide Height (mm): 598 Width (mm): 905 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed, dated and inscribed with title Location Name: Picture Store Location Description: Location Floor:

Mahr's photographs capture moments. Her technique of superimposing objects onto a backdrop allows for the construction of images which have a timeless quality. The series from which these works are devised followed a journey to China. Each element of the composition has a symbolic meaning which is in accord with the traditional philosophy of Oriental painting. The meaning is not literal or factual but enigmatic.