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Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge

c. 1547–67
Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487–after 1567) visual detail
ArtistXie Shichen (Chinese, 1487–after 1567)
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Tanaka Buhei 田中武兵衛 [early 1900s], Tokyo, Japan

?–1968

(Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988], Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1968–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Tanaka Buhei 田中武兵衛 [early 1900s], Tokyo, Japan (Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988], Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Year in Review for 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969). The Paintings of Hsieh Shih-ch'en. The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (organizer) (January 11-February 26, 1978). Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). Ji Yun-Fei: Last Days of Village Wen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-July 31, 2016). Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 14, 2017-February 5, 2018). Six Dynasties of Chinese Painting Part 2. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-September 1, 2024). To-So-Gen-Min, II. Tokyo Imperial Museum, Tokyo, Japan (November 24-December 16, 1928). Hsieh Shih-ch'en: a Ming dynasty painter reinterprets the past. Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (January 12-February 26, 1978). Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

This dramatic landscape was probably painted after Xie Shichen returned from a journey in 1547 that took him through various provinces of China, including Sichuan Province in southwest China and sailing the Yangzi River. The composition from a high vantage point offers a view deep into the Wu Gorge where rolling waves put a ship in peril. The scale and composition of this landscape, which was inspired by the majestic mountain scenery in Sichuan Province, as well as Xie’s vigorous brushwork, are exceptional.

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