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Collection Online as of April 18, 2024

Bamboo

Bamboo

1900s
hanging scroll; ink on silk
Painting only: 95.3 x 55.9 cm (37 1/2 x 22 in.); Overall: 189.1 x 70.5 cm (74 7/16 x 27 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.169
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This work is modern imitation of the famous 17th-century literati painter Yi Jeong known for his bamboo painting in ink. Yi's original work is the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/50486).

Description

As one of the four symbols called "Four Gentlemen ( 四君子),” along plum blossoms, chrysanthemum, and orchids, bamboos represent strength, both physical and mental.
  • ?-1999
    (Suzanne Mitchell Asian Fine Arts, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1999-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Mrs. Paul Wurzburger Donates Major Calder Mobile to Cleveland Museum of Art, Korean Painting, Japanese Ceramic, Italian Drawing and other Works Acquired” September 8, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 238). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 27-July 21, 2014).
  • {{cite web|title=Bamboo|url=false|author=|year=1900s|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.169