id:			149031
accession number:	1977.173
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.173
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Listening to the Sound of Autumn in a Misty Grove, 1657. Zhang Feng (Chinese, active c. 1632–1662). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; painting: 96.5 x 34.5 cm (38 x 13 9/16 in.); overall with knobs: 199.7 x 59 cm (78 5/8 x 23 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1977.173

title:				Listening to the Sound of Autumn in a Misty Grove
title in original language:	煙林秋聲圖
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creation date:			1657
creation date earliest:		1657
creation date latest:		1657
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Zhang Feng (Chinese, active c. 1632–1662)  - artist

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measurements: Painting: 96.5 x 34.5 cm (38 x 13 9/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 199.7 x 59 cm (78 5/8 x 23 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals:

Frosty colors have just appeared throughout the countryside,/
Autumn sounds echo unexpectedly through the trees./
The distant mountains cannot be seen,/
As the evening mist spreads, thicker and deeper./

	Casually painted at the bamboo window on the solstice day of the dingyou year [1657]. Zhang Feng. [seal] Feng. [seal, lower left corner] Shangyuan Laoren.

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	inscription:	3 additional seals: 1 of Fa Liang (Qing Dynasty); 2 unidentified.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Visions of Landscape: East and West
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>Visions of Landscape: East and West</i>. 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
	<i>China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. 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

	(James J. Freeman, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1977
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 211, pp. 275–276
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