Geese Over a Beach

18th century

Current Collection

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 176.7 × 372 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-126402

In Japanese and Chinese painting and poetry, geese represent autumn. Their annual migrations also symbolize an unsettled existence. This painting was formerly mounted on four sliding doors set in tracks between two rooms. This portrayal of two geese flying out to sea shows a dramatic and expansive realism that comes from the artist's familiarity with techniques that included some methods of depic…

Provenance

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Registry history

18th century — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art

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