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accession number: 1978.65
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Bamboo, Rock, and Tall Tree, c. 1300s. Ni Zan (Chinese, 1301–1374). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; image: 67.3 x 36.8 cm (26 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.); overall with knobs: 231.4 x 64.2 cm (91 1/8 x 25 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1978.65
title: Bamboo, Rock, and Tall Tree
title in original language: 筠石喬柯
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creation date: c. 1300s
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1399
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creditline: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique: hanging scroll, ink on paper
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Ni Zan (Chinese, 1301–1374) - artist
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measurements: Image: 67.3 x 36.8 cm (26 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.); Overall with knobs: 231.4 x 64.2 cm (91 1/8 x 25 1/4 in.)
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inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and seal:
Windy and rainy days - what a chilly wheat-harvesting season,/
With brush in hand, I fight depression by copying./
Fortunately, I can depend upon you, my friend, to send me consolation -/
"Pine-lard" wind, and meat with bamboo shoots that never fail to awaken appetite./
Yunlinzi, Zan. [seal] Ziyiyue.
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inscription: 4 additional inscriptions and 14 additional seals: 1 poem and 3 seals, possibly of Chang Yü (1277-1350); 1 poem and 1 seal of Yüan Hua (1316-end of 14th c,); 1 poem and 2 seals of Lu P'ing (1438-1521); 1 seal of Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 (1620-1691); 1 poem and 1 seal of Chao Yü (1638-1713); 1 seal of ? Jen-lan (dates unknown); 2 seals of Gu Wenbin 顧文彬 (1811-1889); 1 seal of C. C. Wang 王季遷 (1907–2003); 2 seals unidentified.
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inscription: Poem possibly by Chang Yü:
The Daoist of the Cloudy Forest, Ni Yuanzhen,/
How many people can enjoy a fame in old age like yours?/
Seeing the painting, I wrote the poem in fond memories./
I feel as if I am bathed in the light of the fading moon/
Which shines on your spirit as always.
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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: 1978
opening date: 1979-02-13T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).
title: Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques
opening date: 1981-02-07T05:00:00
Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).
title: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting
opening date: 1981-02-11T05:00:00
Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 11-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).
title: Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
opening date: 1994-10-18T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
title: The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection
opening date: 1999-09-03T00:00:00
The Artist as Collector: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the C.C. Wang Family Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 3, 1999-January 9, 2000).
title: Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections
opening date: 2012-11-01T00:00:00
Masterpieces of Early Chinese Painting and Calligraphy in American Collections. Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, China (organizer) (November 1, 2012-January 3, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968)', 'opening_date': '1968-10-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Wintry forests, old trees: some landscape themes in Chinese painting. China House Gallery, New York, NY (October 26, 1972-January 28, 1973).', 'opening_date': '1972-10-26T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 16-October 28, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-07-16T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Liang Qingbiao 梁清標 [1620–1691]
date: second half of the 1600s
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Gu Wenbin 顧文彬 [1811-1889]
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(C. C. Wang 王季遷 [1907–2003], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1978
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1978-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Zhang, Chou 張丑. Qing he shu hua fang: 12 juan [清河書畫舫: 12卷 = The Qinghe boat-studio of painting and calligraphy: catalogue of works known to the author]. [China]: [publisher not identified], 1875. Preface dated 1616.
page number: Vol. I, 6a
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Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page number: VII, Lists, 128
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Goepper, Roger. Im Schatten des Wu-Tʻung-Baumes [桐陰畫訣 = Tong yin hua jue]. München: Hirmer, 1959.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 8 & 9
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Goepper, Roger. 1000 Jahre chinesische Malerei. München: Haus der Kunst, 1959.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 29
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Lee, Sherman E. Chinese Landscape Painting. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.
page number: p. 50, no. 34
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Goepper, Roger. The Essence of Chinese Painting. London: Lund Humphries, 1963.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pls. 48-50
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Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 254
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Barnhart, Richard M. Wintry Forests, Old Trees: Some Landscape Themes in Chinese Painting. New York, NY: China House Gallery, China Institute in America, 1972.
page number: cat. no. 11
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Ishikawa, Jun 石川淳, Yoshitaka Iriya 入矢義高, Yūjirō Nakata 中田勇次郎, and Hironobu Kohara 古原宏伸. Kō Kōbō, Gei San, Ō Mō, Go Chin [黄公望, 倪瓚, 王蒙, 呉鎮]. Tōkyō: Chūō Kōronsha, 1979.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 154, 165, pl. 24
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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. 110, pp. 135-136
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Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. The Nature and Significance of the Collection of Liang Ch'ing-Piao. Taipei, Taiwan: Chung-hua ming-kuo, 1981.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 137-138, no. 189
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Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. The Nature and Significance of the Collection of Liang Ch'ing-Piao. Taipei, Taiwan: Chung-hua ming-kuo, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 137-138, no. 189
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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. 309, no. 25
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Shanghai bo wu guan. Han mo hui cui: xi du Meiguo cang Zhongguo Wu dai Song Yuan shu hua zhen pin [翰墨薈萃: 细读美国藏中国五代宋元书画珍品 = Masterpieces of early Chinese painting and calligraphy in American collections]. Beijing: Beijing da xue chu ban she, 2012.
page number: Reproduced: cat no. 10, pp. 145-146
url:
Giuffrida, Noelle. Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 133, fig. 77; Mentioned: pp. 133, 212
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