id:			152408
accession number:	1985.246
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.246
updated:		2022-02-19 10:00:53.997000

Mandarin Duck, 1500s. Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577). Hanging scroll; ink on paper; painting only: 30 x 41.4 cm (11 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.); including mounting: 110 x 58.4 cm (43 5/16 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.246

title:				Mandarin Duck
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1520
creation date latest:		1589
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Sesson Shūkei (Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577)  - artist

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measurements: Painting only: 30 x 41.4 cm (11 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Including mounting: 110 x 58.4 cm (43 5/16 x 23 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
	opening date:   1988-09-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX, October 21-November 2, 1974:  A Representation of 3,000 Years of The Art of Japan from Mayuyama Collection, no. 15<br>Tokyo National Museum, July 1974, Special Exhibition of Sesson

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PROVENANCE

	(Klaus T. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
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	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, ?-1985, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1985-present
	date: 1985-
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wall description: 
In this painting, the artist depicted a scene of a solitary duck floating by reeds in a subtle arrangement of dry and wet, light and dark ink tones which conveys the tranquility of the moment.
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