Landscape of the Four Seasons

The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund

Museum

Landscape of the Four Seasons

late 1400s

ArtistYi Sumun (Korean, b. c. 1404)

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Medium: One of a pair of six-panel screens; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 108 x 361.3 cm (42 1/2 x 142 1/4 in.); Painting only: 92.7 x 348.7 cm (36 1/2 x 137 5/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Folding screen
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

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Provenance

Public

?–1976

(Victor L. Hauge [1919–2013], Falls Church, VA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1976-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, -present

Source provenance text

(Victor L. Hauge [1919–2013], Falls Church, VA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, -present

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Exhibitions

Public

From Dreaming to Hiking: Korean Landscape Paintings

The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art

Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections

Source exhibition text

Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977). The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011). From Dreaming to Hiking: Korean Landscape Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-September 29, 2024). Main Asian Rotation (G121). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 2003-March 12, 2004)

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Yi Sumun is believed to have been a Korean painter who migrated to Japan in 1424 at the age of 20. This pair of screens is the artist’s most important composition in this format. Viewed from right to left, the screens show the passage of the four seasons, a popular theme in medieval Japanese ink painting.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 3 structured exhibitions.

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