Spring Festival, from the album Figures in Settings
Artist/Maker
Zhāng Hóng 张宏 / 張宏
(Chinese, 1577–1668)
Date1649
MediumAlbum leaf, ink and color on silk
DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 8 in. (28.6 × 20.3 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (37.1 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 14 5/8 × 9 9/16 in. (37.1 × 24.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol S. Brooks in honor of her father, George J. Schlenker, and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
PortfolioFigures in Settings
Object number1997.29.14B
Status
Not on viewTitle inscription: 春社圖
In this image a group of villagers is seen returning home after finishing rites to the local earth god for an abundant harvest, a yearly festival that often involves heavy drinking. The artist creates three groupings of figures, led by a boy with a blossoming branch. The first is a pair of gentlemen, one supported by another boy. In the next group, below, a man too drunk to walk is on a low cart, dragged and pushed by two boys. The final group is the most comical, with one bare-chested man gesturing wildly, as another clings to him for balance and a third urges them forward.
Exhibition History
In this image a group of villagers is seen returning home after finishing rites to the local earth god for an abundant harvest, a yearly festival that often involves heavy drinking. The artist creates three groupings of figures, led by a boy with a blossoming branch. The first is a pair of gentlemen, one supported by another boy. In the next group, below, a man too drunk to walk is on a low cart, dragged and pushed by two boys. The final group is the most comical, with one bare-chested man gesturing wildly, as another clings to him for balance and a third urges them forward.
A Century of Asian Art at Oberlin: Chinese Paintings
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 6, 2017 - December 10, 2017 )
Collections
- Asian
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