id: 136950 accession number: 1961.421.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.421.1 updated: 2024-08-08 15:14:54.063000 Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei, c. 1256. Ma Lin (Chinese, c. 1185–after 1260). Album leaf; ink on silk; image: 25.1 x 25.3 cm (9 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.); with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1961.421.1 title: Scholar Reclining and Watching Rising Clouds, Poem by Wang Wei title in original language: 坐看雲起圖 series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1256 creation date earliest: 1251 creation date latest: 1261 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) technique: Album leaf; ink on silk department: Chinese Art collection: ASIAN - Album leaf type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Ma Lin (Chinese, c. 1185–after 1260) - artist active mid 1200s --- measurements: Image: 25.1 x 25.3 cm (9 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.); with mat: 33.3 x 40.5 cm (13 1/8 x 15 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 臣馬麟 translation: remark: inscription: 2 seals on mounting of Chu Sheng-chai (20th c.). translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review - 1962 opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00 Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962). title: Tea Taste in Japanese Art opening date: 1963-02-20T05:00:00 Tea Taste in Japanese Art. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 20-April 21, 1963). title: Wang Chi-ch'ien, Album Leaves from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties opening date: 1970-03-26T05:00:00 Wang Chi-ch'ien, Album Leaves from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties. China House Gallery (organizer) (March 26-May 30, 1970). title: The Colors of Ink opening date: 1974-01-10T04:00:00 The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974). title: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting opening date: 1981-02-11T05:00:00 Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982). 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: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00 Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992). title: West Lake and the Mapping of Southern Song Art opening date: 2001-09-13T00:00:00 West Lake and the Mapping of Southern Song Art. China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (September 13-December 9, 2001). title: Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c opening date: 2018-08-13T04:00:00 Power and Possession: Chinese Calligraphy and Inscribed Objects – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 13, 2018-February 3, 2019). title: China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta opening date: 2023-09-10T04:00:00 China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Asia House Gallery, New York, 1963: Lee, Tea Taste, cat. no. 1.', 'opening_date': '1963-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 57, p. 72.', 'opening_date': '1981-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art; Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120); July 22 - October 26, 2003.', 'opening_date': '2003-07-22T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, IL, sold the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1961 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1961– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. Tea Taste in Japanese Art. New York, NY: The Asia House Gallery, dist. by H. Abrams, 1963. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 1, p. 94; Reproduced: cat. no. 1, p. 13 url: 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. 259 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n283 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. 259 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n283 Wang, Chi-chʻien. Album Leaves from the Sung and Yuan Dynasties: [Exhibition], March 26 Through May 30, 1970. New York: The Gallery [China House Gallery], 1970. page number: Reproduced: cat. no.35 url: 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. 342 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n362 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: pp. 72-73, cat. no. 57 url: Harrist, Robert E. Jr. "'Watching Clouds Rise': A Tang Dynasty Couplet and Its Illustration in Song Painting." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Vol. 78, No. 7 (Nov., 1991), pp. 301-323. page number: Reproduced: pp. 301-323, fig. 2 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161335 Cahill, James. The Lyric Journey: Poetic Painting in China and Japan. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard Univ. Press, 1996. page number: Reproduced: p. 30, no. 1.23 url: Murck, Alfreda. Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute, 2000. page number: Reproduced: p. 200, fig. 46 url: Li, Huishu. Exquisite Moments: West Lake & Southern Song Art. New York, NY: China Institute Gallery, China Institute: Distributed by Art Media Resources, Ltd., 2001. page number: Reproduced: pp. 104-105, cat. no. 23 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.421.1/1961.421.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.421.1/1961.421.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1961.421.1/1961.421.1_full.tif