Flowering Crab Apple

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Flowering Crab Apple

Shen ZhouLinkedCulture matchlcp-e0bf57a0bffb

Date
1500
Medium
hanging scroll, ink on paper
Culture
China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
159726

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Shen Zhou painted a broken branch ( zhezhi 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. 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. Shen Zhou painted this is an informal and rapidly done presentation picture when he was 74 years old.

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Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
Provenance
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) | 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 of Art | 1997-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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    Chinese Hanging Scroll Paintings

    All objects are Chinese paintings executed as hanging scrolls using ink and/or color on paper, representing traditional East Asian artistic formats and techniques.

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