Description
Yi Sumun is believed to have been a Korean painter who migrated to Japan in 1424 at the age of 20. This pair of screens is the artist’s most important composition in this format. Viewed from right to left, the screens show the passage of the four seasons, a popular theme in medieval Japanese ink painting.
Provenance
(Victor L. Hauge [1919–2013], Falls Church, VA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, -present (1976–)
Accession Number
1976.92
Medium
Pair of six-panel screens; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 92.7 x 348.7 cm (36 1/2 x 137 5/16 in.); Painting only: 93 x 57.1 cm (36 5/8 x 22 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
