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accession number: 1961.88
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Lonely Retreat Overlooking a Misty Valley, 1630. Sheng Maoye (Chinese, active early 1600s). Hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk; painting: 181.2 x 93 cm (71 5/16 x 36 5/8 in.); overall with knobs: 256.5 x 121.9 cm (101 x 48 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1961.88
title: Lonely Retreat Overlooking a Misty Valley
title in original language: 古木幽居圖
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creation date: 1630
creation date earliest: 1630
creation date latest: 1630
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creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique: hanging scroll; ink and slight color on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Sheng Maoye (Chinese, active early 1600s) - artist
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measurements: Painting: 181.2 x 93 cm (71 5/16 x 36 5/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 256.5 x 121.9 cm (101 x 48 in.)
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inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: In the tenth month of the gengwu year of the Chongzhen era [1630]. Sheng Maoye
[seals] Sheng yin Maoye; Yuhua shi.
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inscription: 4 additional seals of Liu Shu (1759–1816)
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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: Year in Review (1961)
opening date: 1961-11-01T05:00:00
Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Chinese Landscape Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 26, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'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': '1980-11-06T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Arts of China from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield Art Center. Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).', 'opening_date': '2010-07-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 242). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 7-July 7, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-01-07T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007]
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Richard B. Hobart [1885–1963], Cambridge, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1961
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1961–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. Chinese Landscape Painting. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1954.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 72, p. 89
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Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page number: Mentioned: VII, Lists, 231
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Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 73, pp. 130–131
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Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 9 (November 1961): 219–251.
page number: Mentioned: p. 248, no. 28
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142473
Goepper, Roger. The Essence of Chinese Painting. London: Lund Humphries, 1963.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 176, 224, pls. 70, 71
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Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 440, fig. 583
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Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1973.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 440, fig. 583
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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: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 199, p. 255
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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: Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. A22-039
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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]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 63, cat. no. 38
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Pegg, Richard A. Sheng Maoye: Painting and Poetry in Late Ming Suzhou. Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, 2001.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 53, p. 281
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