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Poet and Recluse Hanshan

1400s

China, Ming dynasty

(1368–1644)

Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

Painting: 143.5 x 71.8 cm (56 1/2 x 28 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 280.5 x 90.5 cm (110 7/16 x 35 5/8 in.)

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi 1991.117

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Hanshan, a Tang poet of vernacular verses, is often associated with Chan Buddhism and is considered a deity in disguise.

Provenance
?-1991
Leighton R. Longhi, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1991-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Longhi, Leighton R. Leighton R. Longhi: Forty-Five Years in Asian Art. [New York, N.Y.]: Leighton R. Longhi, 2019. Reproduced: p. 61, fig. 44
Exhibition history

Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).

Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

From Caves to Tombs: Chinese Pictorial Rubbings from Stone Reliefs (Chinese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 11-November 14, 2021).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.117