id:			150902
accession number:	1982.29.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.29.1
updated:		2023-01-11 05:30:47.139000

Li Tieguai, 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; image: 100.5 x 38.4 cm (39 9/16 x 15 1/8 in.); overall with knobs: 182 x 59.2 cm (71 5/8 x 23 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1982.29.1

title:				Li Tieguai
title in original language:	李鐵拐
series:				
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1399
current location:		
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Image: 100.5 x 38.4 cm (39 9/16 x 15 1/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 182 x 59.2 cm (71 5/8 x 23 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inscribed in upper left corner:

The universe which has no limit/ 
Is all collected in the cloth bag/ 
At the roadside which has no beginning or end/ 
One floats up to the blue sky.
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre
	opening date:   2010-03-29T00:00:00
	<i>La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre</i>. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010).

	title:		Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2022-05-13T04:00:00
	<i>Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-November 6, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Katsuhiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1982
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1982–
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fun fact:
Li Tieguai is one of the Eight Daoist immortals.

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wall description:
It is said that Li Tieguai’s ethereal self visited the deified Laozi but when he returned, he found that his own body was burned. He had to inhabit the corpse of a person who used a crutch to walk, and thus gained his name Tieguai—the Iron Crutch.<br><br>The painting depicts Li Tieguai after he took possession of the body, with the iron staff in his hand. As Li exhales, he blows a small Li Tieguai in the air, showing the immortal’s ability to send his spirit on journeys.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Delacour, Catherine.<em> La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010</em>. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 282; Reproduced: p. 283, cat. no. 73.1
	url:		

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