id: 152409 accession number: 1985.247 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.247 updated: 2019-06-06 08:24:00.755000 Grapes, 1800s. Baikan Sugai (Japanese, 1784-1844). Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper; painting only: 129 x 53.3 cm (50 13/16 x 21 in.); including mounting: 190.5 x 64.8 cm (75 x 25 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.247 title: Grapes title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1800s creation date earliest: 1810 creation date latest: 1844 current location: creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Baikan Sugai (Japanese, 1784-1844) - artist --- measurements: Painting only: 129 x 53.3 cm (50 13/16 x 21 in.); Including mounting: 190.5 x 64.8 cm (75 x 25 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: lower left: artist's signature, two seals. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection opening date: 1988-09-14T04:00:00 A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121); July 13 - November 11, 2004. --- PROVENANCE (Mathias Komor, New York, 1976); Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: This loose composition is a casual work likely created for an acquaintance by Sugai Baikan, an artist known for his ink landscapes. Baikan was from Sendai in Tōhoku, and painted there before traveling to Edo (Tokyo) and then Kyoto, where he viewed a fan painting by Nagasaki-based Chinese businessman and artist Jiang Jiapu (dates unknown). Inspired, he moved to Nagasaki and studied with Jiang for many years, learning Chinese painting history and techniques. Then, after a stint in Osaka during which he enjoyed wide acclaim in painting and poetry circles, he returned to Sendai. Following a series of natural disasters in the region, his life fell into disarray and he drowned himself in a well. wall description: This loose composition is a casual work likely created for an acquaintance by Sugai Baikan, an artist known for his ink landscapes. Baikan was from Sendai in Tōhoku, and painted there before traveling to Edo (Tokyo) and then Kyoto, where he viewed a fan painting by Nagasaki-based Chinese businessman and artist Jiang Jiapu (dates unknown). Inspired, he moved to Nagasaki and studied with Jiang for many years, learning Chinese painting history and techniques. Then, after a stint in Osaka during which he enjoyed wide acclaim in painting and poetry circles, he returned to Sendai. Following a series of natural disasters in the region, his life fell into disarray and he drowned himself in a well. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.247/1985.247_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.247/1985.247_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.247/1985.247_full.tif