Munja-Chaekgeori Screen (Character-Books Screen)

early 1900s

Maker Unknown

Korean Art

Munja-Chaekgeori Screen (Character-Books Screen), early 1900s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Eight-panel folding screen, ink on paper; overall: 150.5 x 330.2 cm (59 1/4 x 130 in.); painting only: 85.1 x 27.3 cm (33 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2017.6 The eight Korean characters each mean filial piety, brotherly love, loyalty, trust, propriety, righteousness or justice, modesty or integrity, and humility or the feeling of shame.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Painting
Formatted Medium: Eight-panel folding screen, ink on paper
Medium: eight-panel, folding, screen, ink, paper
Dimensions: Overall: 150.5 x 330.2 cm (59 1/4 x 130 in.); Painting only: 85.1 x 27.3 cm (33 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Departments: Korean Art
Accession Number: 2017.6
Credit Line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Exhibitions: Korean Gallery 236 Rotation, Popular Art from Early Modern Korea (Korean art rotation)
Rights Statement: CC0