Plum Tree

The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund

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Plum Tree

c. 1700

ArtistOgata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716)

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Medium: hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions: Image: 94 x 35.4 cm (37 x 13 15/16 in.); Including mounting: 177.2 x 51.8 cm (69 3/4 x 20 3/8 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

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Provenance

Public

?–1983

(Shunichi Yabumoto Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1983–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Shunichi Yabumoto Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public

Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection

The Year in Review for 1983

Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting

Rinpa (琳派)

Rimpa Painting

Source exhibition text

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984). Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986). Rimpa Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989). Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992). Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001). Rinpa (琳派). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021). Later Japanese Art Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 4, 2003-March 18, 2004).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Ogata Kōrin had to think through his design carefully to create these white plum blossoms and deliver their effect, as he used the reserve technique—where selected areas of the painting surface are left unpainted—to achieve it. He probably roughed in the tree before applying an ink wash to the entire silk surface, except where he intended to place the flowers. He likely then returned to articulate the petals and, in some cases, the pistils and stamens. The composition shows the tree twisting out of view, only to return with a branch of new growth jabbing forth from an old, broken limb, thereby heightening the visual impact of the blossoms.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 6 structured exhibitions.

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