Cao Ou. Reconstructed Landscape no. 10, 2015. Set of 10 woodblock prints mounted in handscroll format, printed with water-soluble colors, Painting: 48 x 821.1 cm (18 7/8 x 323 1/4 in.); Overall: 52.8 x 1084.9 cm (20 13/16 x 427 1/8 in.). Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund, 2020.65. Copyrighted undefined.

Reconstructed Landscape no. 10

2015

Cao Ou

Cao Ou (Chinese, b. 1987)

Chinese Art

Reconstructed Landscape no. 10, 2015. Cao Ou (Chinese, b. 1987). Set of 10 woodblock prints mounted in handscroll format, printed with water-soluble colors; painting: 48 x 821.1 cm (18 7/8 x 323 1/4 in.); overall: 52.8 x 1084.9 cm (20 13/16 x 427 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 2020.65 © Cao Ou The arched bridges and soft hills along the lakeshore evoke an image of the West Lake in Hangzhou, where Cao Ou resides.

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Maker/Artist: Cao Ou
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: Set of 10 woodblock prints mounted in handscroll format, printed with water-soluble colors
Medium: set, woodblock, prints, mounted, handscroll, format, printed, water-soluble, colors
Dimensions: Painting: 48 x 821.1 cm (18 7/8 x 323 1/4 in.); Overall: 52.8 x 1084.9 cm (20 13/16 x 427 1/8 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: 山水重横 / 己亥年十月十七日 / 鎖劍書 Remark: Frontispiece dated October 17, 2019 with 5 seals, calligraphy by Suojian Inscription: 2/2 «重构山水» 曹欧 2015 Translation: 2/2 "Reconstructed Landscape" Cao Ou 2015 Remark: Pencil annotation on the frontispiece Inscription: 特為曹兄大作山水重構題記己亥年十一月十七日 / 鎖劍書於湖上 Remark: Colophon by Suojian with 6 seals, dated November 17, 2019
Departments: Chinese Art
Accession Number: 2020.65
Credit Line: Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund
Exhibitions: Modern Impressions - Light and Water in Chinese Prints (Chinese art rotation), <em>Chinese Woodblock Prints: Context and Practice</em>. The Muban Educational Trust, St. Paul's School, London (January 17-February 5, 2019).
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined
Museum Location: 240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy