Clouds and Waves at the Wu Gorge

c. 1547–67

Current Collection

Cleveland, United States

Medium: hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions: 243.1 × 90 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-110810

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

Fund, 1968.213

Registry history

c. 1547–67 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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