Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge

Description

This dramatic landscape was probably painted after Xie Shichen returned from a journey in 1547 that took him through various provinces of China, including Sichuan Province in southwest China and sailing the Yangzi River. The composition from a high vantage point offers a view deep into the Wu Gorge where rolling waves put a ship in peril. The scale and composition of this landscape, which was inspired by the majestic mountain scenery in Sichuan Province, as well as Xie’s vigorous brushwork, are exceptional.

Provenance

Tanaka Buhei 田中武兵衛 [early 1900s], Tokyo, Japan; (Cheng Qi 程琦 [1911–1988], Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1968); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1968–)

Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge

Xie Shichen

c. 1547–67

Accession Number

1968.213

Medium

hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

Dimensions

Painting: 243.1 x 90 cm (95 11/16 x 35 7/16 in.); Overall with knobs: 295.6 x 115 cm (116 3/8 x 45 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

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