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Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineClouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge (巫峽雲濤圖), c. 1547–67. Xie Shichen (Chinese, 1487–after 1567). Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1968.213
