Solitary Colors of the Autumn Woods
first half 1600s
Wang Jianzhang
Wang Jianzhang (Chinese, active 1621–1662)
Chinese Art
Solitary Colors of the Autumn Woods, first half 1600s. Wang Jianzhang (Chinese, active 1621–1662). Hanging scroll, ink and color on satin; image: 117.8 x 51.2 cm (46 3/8 x 20 3/16 in.); overall: 227 x 81.3 cm (89 3/8 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.68
- Maker/Artist
- Wang Jianzhang
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink and color on satin
- Dimensions
- Image: 117.8 x 51.2 cm (46 3/8 x 20 3/16 in.); Overall: 227 x 81.3 cm (89 3/8 x 32 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: Cold frost falls on the fences, Solitary colors scatter the maples. Reciting the chapter of "The Autumn Water," I cannot still the emotion in my old heart. After the style of Fan Hua-yüan [Fan Kuan], Wang Chien-chang [seals] Wang shih chih yin; Chien-chang. trans. LYSL/HK/WKH
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1972.68
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1972, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Chinese Gallery 240a Rotation – August 2016, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 201, p. 258.<br>Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p.64, cat. no. 39.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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