Flowering Crab Apple

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

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Flowering Crab Apple

1500

ArtistShen Zhou (Chinese, 1427–1509)

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Medium: hanging scroll, ink on paper
Dimensions: Painting: 87 x 28.5 cm (34 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.); Overall with knobs: 238.5 x 52.5 cm (93 7/8 x 20 11/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry

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Provenance

Public

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Wu Yun 吳雲 [1811–1883]

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Saito Etsuzo 齋藤悅 [early 1900s], Sumiyoshi, Japan

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(Elm & Co., Osaka, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Perry)

c. 1960s-1987

Mr. A. Dean Perry [1910?-1987] and Mrs. A. Dean Perry, Cleveland, OH

1987-1997

Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911-1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum o...

1997-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

Wu Yun 吳雲 [1811–1883] Saito Etsuzo 齋藤悅 [early 1900s], Sumiyoshi, Japan (Elm & Co., Osaka, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Perry) Mr. A. Dean Perry [1910?-1987] and Mrs. A. Dean Perry, Cleveland, OH Mrs. A. Dean [Helen Wade Greene] Perry [1911-1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

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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).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Shen Zhou painted a broken branch (<em>zhezhi</em> 折枝) of crab apple, a fragment of nature rather than the full plant in its natural context. Shen uses calligraphic outlines in pure ink to depict the flower petals. The swift yet precise brushstrokes together with the slight S-shaped branch convey vitality. <br><br>The inscription is a poem written by the artist, commenting on the lovely color and melancholic aura of the crab apple blossom. Shen Zhou is the founder of the Wu School, a group of scholars and officials active around Suzhou in eastern China, known for practicing painting and calligraphy in a refined and elegant style.

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