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    Museum collections / Art Institute of Chicago
    Return to Stone Lake 石湖歸棹圖
    Shen Zhou 沈周. Return to Stone Lake 石湖歸棹圖, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1466. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

    AT-00001224

    Return to Stone Lake 石湖歸棹圖

    by Shen Zhou 沈周

    View at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Inscriptions

    Artist’s poem: 遠樹平沙帶落暉,汀蘆獵獵晚風微。虛堂自領青山色,艇子湖頭醉未歸。 成化二年十月六日歸自石湖。船牕多暇戲,倣雲林筆意,作此小景,竝系以詩。沈周。 Far trees and flat sand are clothed in fading light; The lu grass on the land-spits rustles in the late faint wind; An empty house becomes the color of the mountain; While for the boatman at the lake’s head Intoxication--still no return. (trans. Richard Edwards) "When on the boat coming back from Stone Lake, I had a good deal of leisure time, and so for my amusement I imitated the brush and spirit of Yunlin [Ni Zan] by painting this small scroll and adding a poem." (trans. Stephen Little) Colophons by Yang Mengjian 楊孟堅, Cheng Keze. Seals of Qian Konan, Yang Mengqian (1612), Cheng Keze (1680), Wang Hungxu (1645-1723), Pang Yuanji.

    Provenance

    Pang Yuanji (1864–1949), Shanghai and Suzhou, China. Ton Ying and Company, New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, May 4, 1951.

    Publications

    Kei Suzuki, comp. “Comprehensive Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Paintings (Chugoku kaiga sogo zuroku)”, vol. 1: American and Canadian Collections. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982. pl. A3-012, Page I-32, 33. -Richard Edwards, The Field of Stones: A Study of the Art of Shen Chou (1427-1509). Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Oriental Studies no. 5. Washington, D.C., 1962. pp. 8, 10-11, 45, 54, 83-4, pl. 7-c (cat. 111). -Xuzhai minghua lu [Catalog of Chinese paintings in the sollection of Pang Yuanji] Shanghai, 1909, 3/Shen Zhou, section 9a-b (recorded) -Osvald Siren, Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. 7 vols. (New York: Ronald Press, 1956-58). VII, Annotated Lists, p. 223, as River-view. -Published in Charles Fabens Kelley, "Chinese Painting," The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 4 (November 15, 1951), fig. 4 Stephen Little, “Chinese Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago,” Arts of Asia, vol. 29, no. 3 (1999): 50-51, fig. 7.

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    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Shen Zhou, 沈周 / Chinese, 1427-1509
    Date
    Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1466
    Medium
    Handscroll; ink on paper
    Dimensions
    26.1 × 231.2 cm (10 1/4 × 91 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    handscroll
    Style
    Chinese (culture or style)
    Place
    China
    Department
    Arts of Asia
    Credit line
    Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund
    Accession no.
    1951.187

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