Description
The Sat Sai is a collection of poems mainly describing the beauty of women in a range of emotional states. The heroine of this poem sits against a tree that is in full flower, like her, but her lover is absent, and other girls walk by, gossiping. Not coincidentally, her dress matches the color of the blossoms, and no bees come to pollinate.
Provenance
(John D. MacDonald, Cambridge, MA, ?-1971, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1971); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1971-present (1971-)
Accession Number
1971.86
Medium
Gum tempera and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.3 x 14.2 cm (7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in.); Overall: 26.5 x 21.1 cm (10 7/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
