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Source Description
Aoki Mokubei was best known as a potter, but his interests in the broader world of the arts led him to write poetry, to paint, and to contribute broadly to aesthetic theories around the turn of the nineteenth century.Mokubei's active denial of conventions of composition that are tied to physical properties of the natural world is one of the distinguishing qualities of his paintings. While this work may on its surface appear challenging, it is profoundly important as the surviving work of his in the loose "so" style. It can appear to be a casual and loose set of marks to the casual observer, but given a few minutes of observation, the lines form a vision of a mountain landscape that is tinged by soft pastel colors.
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Document identity
localId
91850
label
Landscape
core
obj
dtoType
painting
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
91850
sourceUrl
contentType
painting
stage
normalized
title
Landscape
description
Aoki Mokubei was best known as a potter, but his interests in the broader world of the arts led him to write poetry, to paint, and to contribute broadly to aesthetic theories around the turn of the nineteenth century.Mokubei's active denial of conventions of composition that are tied to physical properties of the natural world is one of the distinguishing qualities of his paintings. While this work may on its surface appear challenging, it is profoundly important as the surviving work of his in the loose "so" style. It can appear to be a casual and loose set of marks to the casual observer, but given a few minutes of observation, the lines form a vision of a mountain landscape that is tinged by soft pastel colors.
provenance
Matsumoto Kikuo, Kyoto, Japan, before 2009; acquired by James Freeman, Bangkok, Thailand, 2009; purchased by Walters Art Museum, 2013.
date
ca. 1810
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
148
height
37.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 58 1/4 × W with knobs: 14 3/4 in. (148 × 37.4 cm); Image H: 14 1/8 × W: 8 1/4 in. (35.8 × 21 cm)
Source extras
med
ink and pigments on paper
creator_ids
1934
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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a6b609ddf272bf3d
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no
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no