id: 137212
accession number: 1962.157.9
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Landscapes after Various Styles of Old Masters, 1690. Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697). Album leaf: ink and color on paper; overall: 28.6 x 44 cm (11 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1962.157.9
title: Landscapes after Various Styles of Old Masters
title in original language: 倣古山水圖冊
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creation date: 1690
creation date earliest: 1690
creation date latest: 1690
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique: album leaf: ink and color on paper
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Album leaf
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Mei Qing (Chinese, 1623–1697) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 28.6 x 44 cm (11 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.)
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inscription: Summer Leaf II (formerly Leaf I). Artist's inscriptions, signature, and seals:
Tall mountains and falling water adjoin a famous garden,/
In a wooded gorge, deep and remote, small birds chirp./
Old friends who bring me along and entertain me at a feast/
Should know this place is superior to the Peach Blossom Spring.
Imitating Jing [Hao] and Guan [Tong] brush ideas. Mei Qing of Qushan [painted] and inscribed [seal] Quxing, Qing [2 seals, lower right corner] Huasong; Quxing hsien-i.
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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 - 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: Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting
opening date: 1967-03-24T05:00:00
Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (March 23-May 28, 1967); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (June 20-August 13, 1967); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 15-November 5, 1967).
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).
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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': '1954-11-05T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Fifteen Chinese Paintings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Smith College Museum, Northampton, MA (1964).', 'opening_date': '1964-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 11-October 10, 1965).', 'opening_date': '1965-09-11T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Fantastics and Eccentrics. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY, (March 23-May 28, 1967); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA (June 20-August 13, 1967); and M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 15-November 5, 1967).', 'opening_date': '1967-03-23T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Conference on Oriental-Western Literary and Cultural Relations. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1974).', 'opening_date': '1974-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'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': '1981-02-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).', 'opening_date': '1991-09-17T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Richard B. Hobart [1885–1963], Cambridge, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1962
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1962–
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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: cat. no. 109
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Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page number: Mentioned: VII, Lists, 386
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Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 110
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Cahill, James, and Virginia Field. Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by Abrams, 1967
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 17
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Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. nos. 43 and 44
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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. 228, pp. 307-309
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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: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 391-396
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