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accession number: 1959.45
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Greeting the Spring, 1600. Wu Bin (Chinese, active c. 1591–1626). Handscroll; ink and light color on paper; image: 34.3 x 252.8 cm (13 1/2 x 99 1/2 in.); overall: 35 x 1022.2 cm (13 3/4 x 402 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1959.45
title: Greeting the Spring
title in original language: 迎春圖
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creation date: 1600
creation date earliest: 1600
creation date latest: 1600
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique: handscroll; ink and light color on paper
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Handscroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Wu Bin (Chinese, active c. 1591–1626) - artist
Originally from Fujian province, the artist Wu Bin moved to Nanjing by 1600 where he was affiliated as a Buddhist layman with the Qixia temple. He specialized in landscapes and Buddhist subjects.
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measurements: Image: 34.3 x 252.8 cm (13 1/2 x 99 1/2 in.); Overall: 35 x 1022.2 cm (13 3/4 x 402 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei
opening date: 1959-10-16T04:00:00
1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959).
title: Visions of Landscape: East and West
opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00
Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
title: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00
Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).
title: Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
opening date: 2017-02-11T05:00:00
Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1981-02-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 122). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 4-July 23, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-03-04T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Qing imperial collection (seals of
Emperors Qianlong, r. 1736–1795; Jiaqing, r. 1796–1820; and Xuanzong, r. 1821–1850), Beijing, China
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(Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1959
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1959-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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page number: ch. 4, p. 31(b)
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Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page number: Mentioned: VII, Lists, 269
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Chen, Rentao 陳仁濤 [J.D. Chen]. Gu gong yi yi shu hua mu jiao zhu 故宮已佚書畫目校注. Hong Kong: Dongnan shu ju, 1956.
page number: p. 23(a)
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Lee, Sherman E. Chinese Landscape Painting. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 75, color pl. V
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Goepper, Roger. The Essence of Chinese Painting. London: Lund Humphries, 1963.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 47, 222, color pl. XIII, pl. 76
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Speiser, Werner, Roger Goepper, and Jean Fribourg. Chinese Art: Painting, Calligraphy, Stone Rubbing, Wood Engraving. New York: Universe Books, Inc., 1964.
page number: Reproduced: IV, 54, pl. 23.
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Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
page number: Reproduced: p. 441, fig. 585
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 265
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n288
Auboyer, Jeannine, and Roger Goepper. The Oriental World: India and South-East Asia. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
page number: Reproduced: p. 106, no. 69
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Auboyer, Jeannine, and Roger Goepper. The Oriental World: India and South-East Asia. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 85, 86, color plate p. 191
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 265
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n288
Cahill, James. "Wu Pin and His Landscape Painting." In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chinese Painting: 中國古畫討論會: National Palace Museum, Republic of China, Taipei, 18th-24th June 1970. Taipei: National Palace Museum, 1972.
page number: Reproduced: p. 639, fig. 5
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 352
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n372
Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 204, pp. 261-262
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Suzuki, Kei 鈴木敬. Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku [中國繪畫總合圖錄 = Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings], 第 1卷. アメリカ·カナダ篇 [= vol. 1 American and Canadian collections]. Tōkyō: Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 1982.
page number: #A22-114
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Talbot, William S. “Visions of Landscape: East and West.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 3 (March 1983): 112–135.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 128-129, fig. 28
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159808
Tōyō kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [東洋絵画の精華 : 特别展 : クリーヴラント美術館のコレクションから = Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 60-61, cat. no. 36
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Burnett, Katharine P. "Travel and Transformation: Wu Bin's Enjoying Scenery along the Min River." Oriental Art vol. L, no. 4. Aileen Lau, editor. (2006).
page number: Reproduced: fig. 4
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Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 296-298
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