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Gibbons Reaching for the Moon
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
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Gibbons Reaching for the Moon

1600s
Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674) visual detail
ArtistKano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674)
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Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 170 x 33.9 cm (66 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 234 x 40.1 cm (92 1/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift from the Collection of George Gund III

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Provenance

Public
?–2015

George Gund III [1937–2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2015–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

George Gund III [1937–2013], bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Long-armed gibbons form a chain to reach down from a tree, hoping to touch what they believe is the moon. In fact, the orb remaining beyond their grasp is the full moon’s reflection in the still surface of a pond or lake. The image is a common metaphor for the deluded mind in Buddhist thought. Gibbons do not live in Japan but were known to Japanese painters of the premodern era through paintings brought from China.

The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%

Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 0 structured exhibitions.

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