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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
title in original language: 風雨歸村圖
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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: 風雨歸村圖 嘉靖庚寅秋日樗仙謝時臣. [印] 謝時臣印
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inscription: 3 additional seals unidentified.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1975
opening date: 1976-02-03T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1975. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-March 7, 1976).
title: The Paintings of Hsieh Shih-ch'en
opening date: 1978-01-11T05:00:00
The Paintings of Hsieh Shih-ch'en. The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (organizer) (January 11-February 26, 1978).
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: China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
opening date: 2023-09-10T04:00:00
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'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': '1980-11-07T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
Dr. H. Müller, Peking [Beijing], China
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(Tseng Hsien-chi [1919–2000], Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1975
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1975–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Sirén, Osvald. A History of Later Chinese Painting. London: The Medici Society, 1938.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: I, 91, 92, pl. 64, and II, Lists, 214
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Sirén, Osvald. Kinas Konst under Tre årtusenden. Stockholm: Natur och kultur, 1943.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 519, 520, pl. 114
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Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: IV, 58, and VI, pl. 195, and VII, Lists, 191
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Lawton, Mary S. Hsieh Shih-Chʻên: A Ming Dynasty Painter Reinterprets the Past. Chicago: The University, 1978.
page number: cat. no. 3
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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 4, no. 5 (January/February 1982): 24–29.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 24–25
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Talbot, William S. “Visions of Landscape: East and West.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 3 (March 1983): 112–135.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 127, fig. 26
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159808
Greene, David B. How to Respond to Strangeness in Art: Four Studies in the Unfamiliar. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 3.10
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