id: 159728
accession number: 1997.103
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Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World), 1570. Wen Boren (Chinese, 1502–1575). Hanging scroll mounted on a panel, ink and color on paper; image: 170.2 x 79.4 cm (67 x 31 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1997.103
title: Washing the Feet (from the Dusty World)
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creation date: 1570
creation date earliest: 1570
creation date latest: 1570
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creditline: Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
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culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique: Hanging scroll mounted on a panel, ink and color on paper
department: Chinese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Wen Boren (Chinese, 1502–1575) - artist
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measurements: Image: 170.2 x 79.4 cm (67 x 31 1/4 in.)
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inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 4 seals:
Shaking one's clothes on a thousand-jen peak,/
Washing one's feet in a ten-thousand-li stream.
In the gengwu year of the Longqing era [1570], fifteenth day of the tenth month, Wufeng shanren, Wen Boren recorded a special occasion. [2 seals] Wufeng shanren; Wen Boren Te-ch'eng chang. [2 seals, lower right corner] Te-ch'eng; She-shan chang.
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inscription: 2 additional seals of Zhang Heng 張珩 (1915-1963)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
opening date: 2017-02-11T05:00:00
Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'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': '1980-11-07T05:00:00Z'}
* {'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': '1997-04-19T04:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to Mrs. A. Dean Perry)
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Mrs. A. Dean [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
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. 184, p. 236
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Suzuki, Kei 鈴木敬. Chūgoku kaiga sōgō zuroku [中國繪畫總合圖錄 = Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings], 第 1卷. アメリカ·カナダ篇 [= vol. 1 American and Canadian collections]. Tōkyō: Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 1982.
page number: #A23-013, p. I-287
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.103/1997.103_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.103/1997.103_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1997.103/1997.103_full.tif