The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Monkeys by a Stream
c. 1796
(Japanese, 1754–1799)
Overall: 164.4 x 95.4 cm (64 3/4 x 37 9/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1985.192
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Monkeys, which are found throughout the mountainous and wooded areas of Japan, became a favorite subject of many later Japanese artists.Description
The two monkeys in this painting are Japanese macaques. The one in front dangles its left leg over a sharply angled rock, surveying the land beyond a fast-moving mountain stream. A smaller monkey sits behind it, looking directly ahead as if it realizes it is being watched. The artist used just a few highly contrasting warm and cool colors, sweeping brushstrokes over ink washes, and loose lines to create a scene that powerfully evokes the mentally engaged state of the two animals.- ?–1985(James J. Freeman, Kyoto, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1985–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Animals in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023).The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986).CMA, 1986: "Year in Review 1985," CMA Bulletin 73 (February, 1986), no. 187, p. 70, reproduced p. 33.
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.192