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Album of Landscapes: Leaf 5

1677

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Wang Gai

(Chinese, active c. 1677–1705)

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)

Album leaf, ink and light color on paper

Each leaf: 20 x 22.3 cm (7 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.64.5

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Artist's inscription, signature, and seal on leaf 5: In imitation of (T'ang) Wang Hsia's use of ink. Wang Gai of Hsiu-shui (seal) Gai Poem by Tai Wang-chin

Provenance
Chang Yin-huan; Ho Kuan-wu; Liu Ts'o-ch'ou; (Robert G. Sawers)
Exhibition history

CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," CMA Bulletin LXIII (February, 1976), cat. no. 166, p. 71.

CMA, February 11 - March 29, 1981: "Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting," cat. no. 220E, pp. 293-295, repr. p. 294, misidentified as 220D

Also to: Kansas City, MO, The Nelson-Atkins Museum, 11/5/80 - 1/4/81

And to: Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo National Museum, 10/4/82 - 11/17/82 as "Chinese Painting from the Two Distinguished American Museums"

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.64.5