Grapevine
Medium
eight-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Dimensions
100.5 × 345 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Korean Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
Accession Number
2015.510
Tags
male
About this artwork
July is the season of the ripening deep blue grapes, and also the month when the monsoon season begins in Korea. To the accompaniment of stormy summer wind, grape vines make a spectacular full circle across the surface of this eight-panel folding screen. The artist employed a variety of ink tones to create a sense of swift movement of grapevines amid turbulent storms. Since their first introduction to the Korean peninsula around the 7th century through the Silk Road, grapes were used as artistic...