Description
The artist Bian Shoumin is known for his depiction of wild geese, water, and reeds. The migrant birds in autumn and winter evoked, in the minds of the Chinese intelligentsia, a time of parting and sorrow.
Provenance
Dr. Roger Y. K. Hsu [1927–2022] and Mrs. Evangeline C. Hsu, Dr. Daphne T. Hsu, and Dr. Jeffrey T. Hsu, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (?–1999); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1999–)
Accession Number
1999.260.f
Medium
album leaf; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 18.5 x 27.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Y. K. Hsu, Dr. Daphne T. Hsu, and Dr. Jeffrey T. Hsu in memory of Robert P. Bergman