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)
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creation date: 1392-1910
creation date earliest: 1392
creation date latest: 1910
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creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910)
technique: black and white on paper
department: Korean Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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measurements: Including mounting: 70.8 x 223.6 cm (27 7/8 x 88 1/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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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
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1915-
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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.
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CITATIONS
Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
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