id: 136951
accession number: 1961.421.2
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Poem by Wang Wei in the Cursive Script Style (xingshu), 1256. Song Lizong (Chinese, 1205–1264). 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 1961.421.2
title: Poem by Wang Wei in the Cursive Script Style (xingshu)
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creation date: 1256
creation date earliest: 1256
creation date latest: 1256
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: China, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique: Album leaf; ink on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
type: Calligraphy
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CREATORS
* Song Lizong (Chinese, 1205–1264) - artist
Chinese Emperor, reigned 1225–64
* Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 1899–1983) - calligrapher
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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.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: I walk unto where waters end
And sit down to watch when clouds arise
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inscription: 行到水窮處 坐看雲起時
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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: Chinese Calligraphy
opening date: 1971-09-25T04:00:00
Chinese Calligraphy. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (September 25-November 7, 1971); The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (January 6-February 6, 1972); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (March 14-May 7, 1972).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 22-October 26, 2003).
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PROVENANCE
(Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, IL, sold the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1961–
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Emperor Lizong of the Song dynasty reigned for 40 years, but had little interest in governmental affairs. Instead he was perhaps the finest calligrapher among the Song emperors. His handwriting is distinguished by angular strokes and well-spaced characters. The two lines composed by Tang poet Wang Wei (701–about 761), reads from right to left: “I walk unto where waters end—And sit down to watch when clouds arise.”
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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: p. 72, cat. no. 57.
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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. 1
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
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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:
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