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Spring Landscape

Spring Landscape

1666
(Chinese, 1612-c. 1673)
China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
double album leaf mounted as a handscroll, ink and color on paper
Overall: 31.8 x 64.5 cm (12 1/2 x 25 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1966.367
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This spring scene was once accompanied by album leaves of summer (now in the Museum für Asiatiche Kunst, Berlin) and autumn and winter (now in the British Museum).

Description

One of the acclaimed "Four Monks" (the other three being Zhu Da, Daoji, and Hongren), Kuncan was known for the rough and rustic style of his landscape paintings. This painting was once part of a large album, painted at the request of his friend Cheng Zhengkui (active 1630–74), with whom he shared a common interest in painting and poetry. The inscription contains a poem, which reads: Wandering through mountains and oblivious of time, We met in casual shoes (and attires). The wind and dew drops harbor a chilling emptiness. Only with patience and silence can the Chan inspiration come. . . .
  • Gao Yong 高邕 [1850–1921]
    Xu Xiaopu 徐小圃 [1887–1961]
    Walter Hochstadter [1914–2007], New York, NY,
    ?-1966
    (N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1966-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Cahill, James, and Virginia Field. Fantastics and Eccentrics in Chinese Painting. New York: Asia Society; distributed by Abrams, 1967. cat. no. 20
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    Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015. Reproduced: p. 360-365
    Chou, Ju-hsi and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2015.

    Mentioned: p. 365
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