Description
This landscape illustrates the traditionalism of Chinese painting: while the brush manner is novel, the composition is based on early Song dynasty (960-1127) models. The soft raveling brushstrokes and lumpy rock shapes are characteristic of the new 14th-century stylistic expression.
Provenance
Wang Shimin 王時敏 [1592–1680]; Gong Xianglin 龔翔麟 [1658–1733]; Lu Xinyuan 陸心源 [1834–1894] and son, Lu Shusheng 陸樹聲 [active about 1860–about 1910]; Zhang Heng 張珩 [1915–1963]; Tan Jing 譚敬 [1911–1991]; C. T. Loo & Co., New York, NY; (Frank Caro [1904–1980], sold to Mr. and Mrs. A. Dean Perry); Mr. A. [Albert] Dean Perry [1910?–1987] and Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911–1996], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (? by 1962–1964); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1964–)
Accession Number
1964.156
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 107.2 x 53.6 cm (42 3/16 x 21 1/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 253.5 x 88.7 cm (99 13/16 x 34 15/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
