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accession number: 1997.102
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Old Trees by a Wintry Brook, 1551. Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559). Hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper; image: 114.3 x 47 cm (45 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.102
title: Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
title in original language: 古木寒泉圖
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creation date: 1551
creation date earliest: 1551
creation date latest: 1551
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creditline: Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique: hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470–1559) - artist
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measurements: Image: 114.3 x 47 cm (45 x 18 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:
inscription: 辛亥五月望徵明戲寫古木寒泉 時年八十二 [印] 徵明; 停雲
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remark:
inscription: 2 additional seals of Mou Yueqi 繆曰芑 (18th century).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Chinese Gallery 240a Rotation – August 2016
opening date: 2016-08-01T04:00:00
Chinese Gallery 240a Rotation – August 2016. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 1, 2016-February 6, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Masterpieces of Asian art in American collections II; an offering of treasures celebrating the tenth anniversary of Asia House Gallery. Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (Spring 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': '', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'The Art of Wen Cheng-ming. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (January 25-February 29, 1976); Asia House Gallery, New York, NY (April 7-June 7, 1976)', 'opening_date': '1976-01-25T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1981-02-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-02-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Fragrance of Ink: Chinese and Japanese Paintings from the Collection of Mrs. A. Dean Perry. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-August 3, 1997).', 'opening_date': '1997-04-19T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Mou Yueqi 繆曰芑 [18th century]
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Hiyoshi collection, Japan
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(Jean-Pierre Dubosc [1904–1988], Paris, France, sold to Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry)
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A. [Albert] Dean Perry [1909-1987] and Helen Wade Greene Perry [1911-1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1997
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1997-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Naitō, Torajirō 內藤虎次郎. Min shitaika gafu [明四大家畫譜 = Paintings by the four great masters of the Ming dynasty]. Osaka: Hakubundō, 1924.
page number: p. 50
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Sirén, Osvald. A History of Later Chinese Painting. London: The Medici Society, 1938.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: I, 110, pl. 78, and Lists, 241
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Sirén, Osvald. Kinas konst under tre årtusenden. Stockholm: Natur och kultur, 1942.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 525, fig. 486
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Sirén, Osvald. Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: IV, 184, and VI, pl. 211-B, and VII, Lists, 260
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Masterpieces of Asian Art in American Collections II; An Offering of Treasures Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Asia House Gallery. New York: Distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1970.
page number: cat. no. 42
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Clapp, Anne de Coursey. Wen Cheng-Ming: The Ming Artist and Antiquity. Ascona: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1975.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 85, 86, fig. 46
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Edwards, Richard. The Art of Wen Cheng-Ming (1470-1559). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, 1976.
page number: cat. no. 50
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Hironobu Kohara 古原宏伸. Shin Shū, Bun Chōmei [沈周, 文徴明 = Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming]. Tōkyō: Chūō Kōronsha, 1978.
page number: Reproduced:pp. 151, 170, pl. 76
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Loehr, Max. The Great Painters of China. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: p. 281, fig. 150
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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. 176, p. 222
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Clunas, Craig. Pictures and Visuality in Early Modern China. London: Reaktion Books, 1997.
page number: Reproduced: p. 145, left, no. 77
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Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 270-278
url:
Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.
page number: Mentioned: p. 274
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