id:			294203
accession number:	2017.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.6
updated:		2025-07-07 15:31:25.856000

Munja-Chaekgeori Screen (Character-Books Screen), early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). Eight-panel folding screen, ink on paper; overall: 150.5 x 330.2 cm (59 1/4 x 130 in.); painting only: 85.1 x 27.3 cm (33 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2017.6

title:				Munja-Chaekgeori Screen (Character-Books Screen)
title in original language:	문자책거리
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1930
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
technique:	Eight-panel folding screen, ink on paper
department:	Korean Art
collection:	ASIAN - Folding screen
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 150.5 x 330.2 cm (59 1/4 x 130 in.); Painting only: 85.1 x 27.3 cm (33 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Korean Gallery 236 Rotation
	opening date:   2017-07-10T04:00:00
	<i>Korean Gallery 236 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 10, 2017-January 8, 2018).

	title:		Popular Art from Early Modern Korea
	opening date:   2021-10-29T04:00:00
	<i>Popular Art from Early Modern Korea</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2021-April 17, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Kang Collection, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–2017
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2017–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Yi, Young-joo. "Character Painting in the Late Joseon Dynasty [조선후기의 孝悌文字圖]." <em>Misulsa nondan</em> (2007): 231-260.
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	url:		https://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE01351981

	Chung, Byong-mo. <em>Revolution of Anonymous Painters: Folk Painting</em> [무명 화가들 의 반란, 민화]. Seoul: Dahal Media, 2011.
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	<em>Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910</em>. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
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	<em>Beyond Folding Screens</em> [조선, 병풍의 나라]. Seoul: Amorepacific Museum of Art, 2018.
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	Kim, Su-jin. "조선 후기 민간 사례용(四禮用) 병풍 연구 [Painted Folding Screens for Confucian Rituals in the Late Joseon Period]." <em>Hangukhak </em>(2019): 187-229.
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	url:		http://www.dbpia.co.kr/journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE08771723#none

	Ch'a, Mi-rae, Kwi-suk An, Cleveland Museum of Art, and 국외소재문화재재단. <em>The Korean Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Edited by An Min-hŭi. First edition, English ed. Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Series, 16. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 348-349, no. 003
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.6/2017.6_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.6/2017.6_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.6/2017.6_full.tif