id:			79586
accession number:	2015.478
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.478
updated:		2024-04-24 11:46:17.351000

Gibbons Reaching for the Moon, 1600s. Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674). Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk; painting: 170 x 33.9 cm (66 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.); overall with knobs: 234 x 40.1 cm (92 1/8 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from the Collection of George Gund III 2015.478

title:				Gibbons Reaching for the Moon
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1602
creation date latest:		1674
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creditline:			Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674)  - artist

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measurements: Painting: 170 x 33.9 cm (66 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 234 x 40.1 cm (92 1/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	signed: "Tan'yūsai hitsu"
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PROVENANCE

	George Gund III [1937–2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–2015
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2015–
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