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This image shows three cranes with their wings extended, gathred around a branching tree

This image shows three cranes with their wings extended, surrounding the branch of a tree, with a red stamp in the upper left corner. There is one crane flying downwards from the upper right corner, while the other two cranes stand on the ground beneath the branch. The branch comes from the left center edge, where other, shorter branches are visible up and down the left edge of the image. There is a red, square stamp in the upper left corner of the image.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.88
People
Traditionally attributed to Yi Tŏg-ik, Korean (active first half 18th century)
Title
Three Manchurian Cranes amidst Pines
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
album leaf, painting
Date
first half 18th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/200555

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album leaf; ink and light colors on silk
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 41.1 x W. 28.7 cm (16 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Nelson Goodman (1906-1998), Newton, MA (by 1994), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Louise Haskell Daly Fund and through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.88
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S228-230 (Asian rotation: 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/23/2009 - 10/25/2009
  • Korean Art Collections in the United States, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, 06/04/2012 - 08/05/2012
  • 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/2015 - 06/07/2016

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