Five Pine Trees

1747

Li Shan

Li Shan (Chinese, 1711-aft 1754)

Chinese Art

Five Pine Trees, 1747. Li Shan (Chinese, 1711-aft 1754). Hanging scroll, ink on paper; image: 199.1 x 94 cm (78 3/8 x 37 in.); mounted: 260.2 x 106 cm (102 7/16 x 41 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1976.112

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Li Shan
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: hanging scroll, ink on paper
Medium: hanging, scroll, ink, paper
Dimensions: Image: 199.1 x 94 cm (78 3/8 x 37 in.); Mounted: 260.2 x 106 cm (102 7/16 x 41 3/4 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Artist's 5 poems (not translated), inscription, signature, and 4 seals: [seal] Chung-yang. A friend asked me to paint the five pines. I associated the straight pine with a statesman, the bald one with a famous general, the one leaning to one side and the one reclining with dragons, the short round one with foliage like a grass-mat with either an immortal or Buddha. And I composed a long poem as inscription. In autumn, the ninth month of the ting-mao year [1747], the twelfth year of the Ch'ien-lung era, I imitated the style of T'ien-ch'ih sheng [Hsü Wei, 1521-1593], at the Sheng-hsien fu-ou Studio in the southern part of the city. Fu-t'ang, Ao-tao jen, Li Shan. [2 seals] Shan-yin; Tsung-yang. [seal, lower left corner] Fu-t'ang, Li Shan. trans. LYSL/WKH Inscription: 2 additional seals of Cheng Qi 程琦 (1911–1988)
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 1976.112
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: Year in Review, 1976, Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques, Scholar's Studio, Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c, <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).
Rights Statement: CC0