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accession number: 1975.94
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Returning to the Village in a Rainstorm, 1530. Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487-after 1567). Handscroll, ink and light color on silk; overall: 40.3 x 425.4 cm (15 7/8 x 167 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1975.94
title: Returning to the Village in a Rainstorm
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creation date: 1530
creation date earliest: 1530
creation date latest: 1530
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creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
technique: handscroll, ink and light color on silk
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Handscroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487-after 1567) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 40.3 x 425.4 cm (15 7/8 x 167 1/2 in.)
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inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and seal: Returning to the Village in a Rainstorm. On an autumn day, the keng-yin year of the Chia-ching era [1530]. Shu-hsien, Hsieh Shih-ch'en [seal] Hsieh Shih-ch'en yin.
3 additional seals unidentified.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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 (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Hsieh shih-ch`en: a Ming dynasty painter reinterprets the past. David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago (January 12-February 26, 1978).
* 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
Dr. H. Müller, Peking, China
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Tseng Hsien-chi [1919-2000], ?-1975, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1975
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1975-present
date: 1975-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lawton, Mary S. Hsieh Shih-Chʻên: A Ming Dynasty Painter Reinterprets the Past. Chicago: The University, 1978.
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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. 168, pp. 212-214
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"Visions of Landscape East and West." Asia Vol. 4, No. 5 (January/February 1982): pp. 24-29.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 24-25
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Greene, David B. How to Respond to Strangeness in Art: Four Studies in the Unfamiliar. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 3.10
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