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Collection Online as of June 28, 2022

Wild Geese and Reeds

노안도 (蘆雁圖)

1392-1910

Korea, Joseon dynasty

(1392-1910)

Black and white on paper

Including mounting: 70.8 x 223.6 cm (27 7/8 x 88 1/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.631

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Paintings that depict a peaceful image of migratory white-fronted geese descending to a river bank where tall reeds gently bend in the evening breeze were widely favored as birthday gifts, especially to elders: a homophone of the title <em>Geese and Reeds</em> means <em>Aging Peacefully. </em>

Provenance
?-1915
(Jean Lawson, New York, NY, sold to the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust as gift for the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1915-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392-1910. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014.
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.631