id: 95097 accession number: 1915.631 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.631 updated: 2022-01-04 14:36:42.967000 Wild Geese and Reeds, 1392-1910. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Black and white on paper; including mounting: 70.8 x 223.6 cm (27 7/8 x 88 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.631 title: Wild Geese and Reeds title in original language: 노안도 (蘆雁圖) series: series in original language: creation date: 1392-1910 creation date earliest: 1392 creation date latest: 1910 current location: creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) technique: black and white on paper department: Korean Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Including mounting: 70.8 x 223.6 cm (27 7/8 x 88 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Jean Lawson, New York, NY, sold to the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust as gift for the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1915 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1915- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Paintings that depict a peaceful image of migratory white-fronted geese descending to a river bank where tall reeds gently bend in the evening breeze were widely favored as birthday gifts, especially to elders: a homophone of the title Geese and Reeds means Aging Peacefully. digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.631/1915.631_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.631/1915.631_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.631/1915.631_full.tif