Collection Online as of August 13, 2022

Mandarin Duck

1500s

Sesson Shūkei 雪村周継

(Japanese, c. 1492–c. 1577)

Japan, Muromachi period

(1392-1573)

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Painting only: 30 x 41.4 cm (11 13/16 x 16 5/16 in.); Including mounting: 110 x 58.4 cm (43 5/16 x 23 in.)

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.246

Location

not on view

Description

In this painting, the artist depicted a scene of a solitary duck floating by reeds in a subtle arrangement of dry and wet, light and dark ink tones which conveys the tranquility of the moment.

Provenance

(Klaus T. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)

?-1985

The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, ?-1985, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1985-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1985-present

Exhibition history

Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX, October 21-November 2, 1974: A Representation of 3,000 Years of The Art of Japan from Mayuyama Collection, no. 15

Tokyo National Museum, July 1974, Special Exhibition of Sesson

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).