Red Cliffs and Green Valleys 丹崖翠壑圖
Item
Title
Red Cliffs and Green Valleys
丹崖翠壑圖
丹崖翠壑圖
Description
Signature: A 7-line poetic inscription by the painter in which he says that in painting the work for Yüandong, he inscribed it with an old poem. [Seal of the artist: Wang Meng Shuming], (intaglio, square):
"Far away among tens of thousands of blue mountains,
Red cliffs and green valleys are deep and impenetrable;
Through the pine trees the wind brings the sound of a waterfall,
From the edge of the sky
And smells of flowers mixed in clouds waft through a cave.
When did the fishing boat bring me here?
And where will I meet the hermits of the Qin dynasty?
Springtime is brief and flowers are easily over,
And year after year the river flows futilely into the Eastern Sea.
[Signed] The Woodcutter of Yellow Crane Mounting, Wang Shuming painted this for Yuantong and inscribed an old poem on it."
Inscription: An old label set in upper right corner of present mounting reads "Red Cliffs and Green Valleys of Huanghe Shanqiao. Collected and authenticated by the master of Guoyunlou [Gu Wenbin]", followed by one seal.
"Far away among tens of thousands of blue mountains,
Red cliffs and green valleys are deep and impenetrable;
Through the pine trees the wind brings the sound of a waterfall,
From the edge of the sky
And smells of flowers mixed in clouds waft through a cave.
When did the fishing boat bring me here?
And where will I meet the hermits of the Qin dynasty?
Springtime is brief and flowers are easily over,
And year after year the river flows futilely into the Eastern Sea.
[Signed] The Woodcutter of Yellow Crane Mounting, Wang Shuming painted this for Yuantong and inscribed an old poem on it."
Inscription: An old label set in upper right corner of present mounting reads "Red Cliffs and Green Valleys of Huanghe Shanqiao. Collected and authenticated by the master of Guoyunlou [Gu Wenbin]", followed by one seal.
identifier
45637
Source
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/45637
Creator
Wang Meng
王蒙
王蒙
annotates
(none)
Abstract
Collector's seals:
1. Bi Long (ca. 1790's), one seal
2. Gu Wenbin (1811–1889), two seals
3. C.C. Wang (1907–2003), one seal
1. Bi Long (ca. 1790's), one seal
2. Gu Wenbin (1811–1889), two seals
3. C.C. Wang (1907–2003), one seal
Rights Holder
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Identifier
1973.121.7
References
Fong, Wen C., and Marilyn Fu. Sung and Yuan Paintings. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973, pp. 115-20, 125, 149-50 (ill. pp. 116, 125), cat. no. 21.
Suzuki Kei 鈴木敬, ed. Chûgoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikan, Amerika-Kanada Hen 中國繪畫總合圖錄: 第一卷 アメリカ - カナダ 編 (Comprehensive illustrated catalog of Chinese paintings: vol. 1 American and Canadian collections) Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982, p. 2, cat. no. A1-003.
Fong, Wen C. Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8th–14th Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, p. 463, pl. 108.
Suzuki Kei 鈴木敬, ed. Chûgoku kaiga sogo zuroku: Daiikan, Amerika-Kanada Hen 中國繪畫總合圖錄: 第一卷 アメリカ - カナダ 編 (Comprehensive illustrated catalog of Chinese paintings: vol. 1 American and Canadian collections) Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1982, p. 2, cat. no. A1-003.
Fong, Wen C. Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8th–14th Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, p. 463, pl. 108.