Thin Forest and Distant Mountains

Liufang Li1628

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Title: Thin Forest and Distant Mountains
Creator: Li Liufang (Chinese, 1575-1629)
Date Created: 1628
Physical Dimensions: Overall: 114.3 x 40.3 cm (45 x 15 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Shinozaki Collection, (Howard C. Hollis, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Type: Painting
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.630
Medium: hanging scroll, ink on paper
Inscriptions: Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals: Thin forest and distant mountains have always attracted me; As if they were from the brush and ink of Ni Tsan, left behind by the master in this mortal world. Now that the quiet recluse has chosen to live in the South of the City. He paints the spring breeze---over a curve of the river. In the spring day of the wu-ch'en year [1628] I made this painting and attached an old poem. Li Liu-fang [seals] Li Liu-fang-yin; Chang-heng shih. trans. WKH 1 additional seal of Chung Wen-ming (17th c.).
Department: Chinese Art
Culture: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
Collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Accession Number: 1953.630

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