id: 132049 accession number: 1954.603.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.603.1 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:33.569000 Irises, 1700s. Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and color on gilded paper; image: 152.8 x 360.4 cm (60 3/16 x 141 7/8 in.); overall: 164.6 x 372.4 cm (64 13/16 x 146 5/8 in.); closed: 170.8 x 64.5 x 12 cm (67 1/4 x 25 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.); panel: 164.8 x 62.1 cm (64 7/8 x 24 7/16 in.); with frame: 168.6 x 376.4 cm (66 3/8 x 148 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Norweb Foundation 1954.603.1 title: Irises title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1700s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1755 current location: creditline: Gift of The Norweb Foundation copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: One of a pair of six-panel folding screens, ink and color on gilded paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Folding screen type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755) - artist --- measurements: Image: 152.8 x 360.4 cm (60 3/16 x 141 7/8 in.); Overall: 164.6 x 372.4 cm (64 13/16 x 146 5/8 in.); Closed: 170.8 x 64.5 x 12 cm (67 1/4 x 25 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Panel: 164.8 x 62.1 cm (64 7/8 x 24 7/16 in.); with frame: 168.6 x 376.4 cm (66 3/8 x 148 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed and sealed lower left of the first panel from the left. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Japanese Decorative Style opening date: 1961-08-30T04:00:00 Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961). title: A World of Flowers opening date: 1963-05-02T04:00:00 A World of Flowers. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (May 2-June 9, 1963). title: Rimpa opening date: 1971-09-13T04:00:00 Rimpa. Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (September 13-November 13, 1971). title: Rin-pa opening date: 1972-10-10T04:00:00 Rin-pa. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (October 10-December 3, 1972). title: The Legacy of Japanese Art opening date: 1996-10-01T00:00:00 The Legacy of Japanese Art. Chiba City Museum of Art (organizer) (October 1-November 10, 1996). title: Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2001-07-15T00:00:00 Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001). title: Rimpa opening date: 2004-08-21T00:00:00 Rimpa. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (August 21-October 3, 2004). title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00 Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009). title: Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2014-01-15T00:00:00 Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation opening date: 2019-01-07T05:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 7-July 8, 2019). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Special Loan Exhibition of Art treasures from Japan. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (September-October 1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-09-01T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, ?-1954, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1954 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1954-present date: 1954- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Edgell, George Harold. Illustrated Catalogue of a Special Loan Exhibition of Art Treasures from Japan. [Tokyo, Japan]: [Sanseido Press], 1936. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 91 A url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 924 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n163 Lee, Sherman E. Japanese Decorative Style. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 86–87; cat. no. 85 url: https://archive.org/details/JapaneseDecorativeStyle/page/n101/ Chiba-shi Bijutsukan 千葉市美術館. Shugyoku no Nihon bijutsu: Hosomi korekushon no zenbō to Bosuton, Kurīburando, Sakkurā no wadaisaku : kaikan isshūnen kinen [珠玉の日本美術 : 細見コレクションの全貌と, ボストン, クリ-ブランド, サックラ-の話題作 : 開館一周年記念]. Chiba-shi: Chiba-shi Bijutsukan, 1996. page number: Reproduced: p. 184, cat. no. 153 url: Cunningham, Michael R. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. page number: Reproduced: pp. 40–41 url: Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014. page number: Reproduced: p. 122-123, cat. no. 41 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.603.1/1954.603.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.603.1/1954.603.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.603.1/1954.603.1_full.tif