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accession number: 1962.42
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Meditative Visit to a Mountain Retreat: In Picture and in Words, 1648. Xiang Shengmo (Chinese, 1597–1658). Handscroll, ink on paper; overall: 30.5 x 273 cm (12 x 107 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1962.42
title: Meditative Visit to a Mountain Retreat: In Picture and in Words
title in original language: 巖栖思訪圖詠
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creation date: 1648
creation date earliest: 1648
creation date latest: 1648
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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 on paper
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Handscroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Xiang Shengmo (Chinese, 1597–1658) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 30.5 x 273 cm (12 x 107 1/2 in.)
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inscription: Artist's title and 3 seals (in front of painting):
[title] Meditative Visit to a Mountain Retreat: In Picture and in Words 巖栖思訪圖詠
[3 seals] Tian lai ge zhong wen sun 天籟閣中文孫;
Xiang shi kong zhang zui xin han mo 項氏孔彰醉心翰墨;
Qing fu yuan zhong di yi miao ye 清福緣中第一妙業.
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inscription: [印] 兔烏叟; 考古正今.
觀斯人兮何逍遙,非逍遙兮思其友。
思其友兮天一方,欲一訪之難回首。
松耶柏耶稱後凋,巖穴霏微何二酉。
山兮水兮人悠悠,遠莫致之神交否?
河關一向望不及,言笑于今更非偶。
問游魚兮樂何深?問飛鳥兮歸何藪?
問猿鶴兮何親疎?問鹿豕兮何夭壽?
問白雲兮從何來?問流泉兮向何走?
問漁樵兮何江山?問草木兮何畝畎?
問春秋兮何炎涼?問世人兮何長久?
問日月兮何晦明?曾見當時烏兔叟?
戊子嘉平之初偶作此圖并題。 胥樵項聖謩識。
[印] 兔烏叟; 項氏孔彰; 未喪斯文.
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inscription: 13 additional seals:
4 of Tang Zuomei 唐作梅 (late 18th–19th century);
3 of Zhang Baixi 張百熙 (1847–1907);
4 of Zhang Heng 張珩 (1915–1963);
2 unidentified.
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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: The Restless Landscape: Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Period
opening date: 1971-11-09T05:00:00
The Restless Landscape: Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Period. University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (organizer) (November 9, 1971-January 2, 1972); Fogg Art Museum/Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (February 11-April 2, 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: 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* The Restless landscape: Chinese painting of the Late Ming period. University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (November 9, 1971-January 2, 1972); Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (February 12-April 2, 1972).
* 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).
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PROVENANCE
Tang Zuomei 唐作梅 [late 1700s–1800s]
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Zhang Baixi 張百熙 [1847–1907]
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Zhang Heng 張珩 [1915–1963]
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(C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, 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
Zheng, Zhenduo 鄭振鐸. Tang Song yi lai ming hua ji: Yun hui zhai cang 唐宋以来名畫集: 韞輝齋藏. Shanghai: Shanghai chu ban gong si, 1947.
page number: Reproduced: pls. 90, 91
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Wang, Chi-chʻien, and Victoria Contag. Seals of Chinese painters and collectors of the Ming and Ch'ing periods reproduced in facsimile size and deciphered. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1966.
page number: pp. 388-392
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Cahill, James. The Restless Landscape: Chinese Painting of the Late Ming Period. Berkeley: University Art Museum, 1971.
page number: cat. no. 10
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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: cat. no. 35
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Li, Chu-tsing 李君毅. "Xiang Shengmo zhi Zhao yin shi hua 項聖謓之招隱詩畫." In Ming Yi min shu hua yan tao hui ji lu: Xianggang Zhong wen da xue Zhongguo wen hua yan jiu suo wen wu guan, 1975 nian 8 yue 31 ri zhi 9 yue 3 ri [明 遺民書畫硏討會記錄 : 香港中文大學・中國文化硏究所・文物館, 一九七五年八月卅一日至九月三日 = Proceedings of the Symposium on Paintings & Calligraphy by Ming I-min: 31 August-3 September 1975, Art Gallery, the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong]. Dekun Zheng, Zongyi Rao, and James C. Y. Watt. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Institute of Chinese Studies, Art Museum, 1976.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 549-550, fig. 12
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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: Reproduced: cat. no. 195, pp. 251-252
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Yang, Kathleen 楊凱琳, and Chi-chʻien Wang 王季遷. Through a Chinese connoisseur's eye: private notes of C.C. Wang 王季遷讀書筆記. Beijing: Zhong hua shu ju, 2010.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 311, fig. 31
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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. 324-329
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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: p. 327
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