Thin Forest and Distant Mountains
1628
Li Liufang
Li Liufang (Chinese, 1575–1629)
Chinese Art
Thin Forest and Distant Mountains, 1628. Li Liufang (Chinese, 1575–1629). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; overall: 114.3 x 40.3 cm (45 x 15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1953.630
- Maker/Artist
- Li Liufang
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 114.3 x 40.3 cm (45 x 15 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 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 1 additional seal of Chung Wen-ming (17th c.).
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1953.630
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- 1000 Jahre Chinesische Malerei, The Colors of Ink, <em>To-So-Gen-Min, II. </em>Tokyo Imperial Museum, Tokyo, Japan ( November 24-December 16, 1928)., <em>Chinese Landscape Painting</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1954)., <em>Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting</em>. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982)., <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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