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The Cleveland Museum of Art · The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith

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Grapes

1800s

ArtistSugai Baikan (Japanese, 1784–1844)

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Medium: hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions: Painting only: 129 x 53.3 cm (50 13/16 x 21 in.); Including mounting: 190.5 x 64.8 cm (75 x 25 1/2 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith

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Provenance

Public

?–1976

(Mathias Komor, New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)

1976–1985

The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–199...

1985–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Mathias Komor, New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection

Source exhibition text

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988). Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 13-November 11, 2004).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

This loose composition is a casual work likely created for an acquaintance by Sugai Baikan, an artist known for his ink landscapes. Baikan was from Sendai in Tōhoku, and painted there before traveling to Edo (Tokyo) and then Kyoto, where he viewed a fan painting by Nagasaki-based Chinese businessman and artist Jiang Jiapu (dates unknown). Inspired, he moved to Nagasaki and studied with Jiang for many years, learning Chinese painting history and techniques. Then, after a stint in Osaka during which he enjoyed wide acclaim in painting and poetry circles, he returned to Sendai. Following a series of natural disasters in the region, his life fell into disarray, and he drowned himself in a well.

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