id: 150902
accession number: 1982.29.1
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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
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creation date: 1300s
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1399
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creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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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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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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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.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1982
opening date: 1983-01-05T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1982. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).
title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
title: La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre
opening date: 2010-03-29T00:00:00
La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre. 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
opening date: 2022-05-13T04:00:00
Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art. 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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1982.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 1 (January 1983): 3–55.
page number: Mentioned: no. 114, p. 54
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159799
Delacour, Catherine. La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 280 and 282; Reproduced: pp. 281 and 283, cat. no. 72.1 and 72.2
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