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Thin Forest and Distant Mountains
by Li Liufang
Inscriptions
Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: Thin forest and distant mountains have always attracted me; As if they were from the brush and ink of Ni Tsan, left behind by the master in this mortal world. Now that the quiet recluse has chosen to live in the South of the City. He paints the spring breeze---over a curve of the river. In the spring day of the wu-ch'en year [1628] I made this painting and attached an old poem. Li Liu-fang [seals] Li Liu-fang-yin; Chang-heng shih. trans. WKH (Translated by Wai-Kam Ho, 1980); 1 additional seal of Chung Wen-ming (17th c.).
Exhibition history
Chinese Landscape Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 26, 1954). 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Mùnich, Germany (organizer) (October 16-December 13, 1959). The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Li Liufang (Chinese, 1575–1629)
- Date
- 1628
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 114.3 x 40.3 cm (45 x 15 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1953.630
Provenance
Shinozaki Collection ?–1953: (Howard C. Hollis, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1953–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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