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Catalog Data

Artist:
Traditionally attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (painting): 25.9 × 205.6 cm (10 3/16 × 80 15/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
mid-11th to early 12th century
Period:
Northern Song dynasty
Provenance:
Duanfang (1861-1911), China [1]
To 1916
Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [2]
From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Yuanji, through Pang Zanchen (1881-1951) and Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi) (late 19th-early 20th century), in New York, in 1916 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remarks in the object record. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.
[2] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1138, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue: Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P'ang Lai Ch'en.
[3] According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 23 and pg. 37, note 118.
Larsen explains that Pang Zanchen (the younger brother of Pang Yuanji) and Seaouke Yue were tasked by Pang Yuanji with bringing his paintings to New York to show them to Charles Lang Freer. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1138, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)
Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)
In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9 to December 6, 1993)
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)
Chinese Landscape Painting (November 15, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)
Centennial Exhibition, North Corridor (February 25, 1956 to November 20, 1969)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Paintings, 1924 (June 2, 1924 to March 14, 1931)
Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)
Previous custodian or owner:
Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)
Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
pine tree  Search this
autumn  Search this
Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)  Search this
mountain  Search this
temple  Search this
scholar  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1916.538
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye342da4ad6-5ead-44cd-bf14-126d3e1660b9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1916.538