Landscape after Ni Zan, 1614 Hanging scroll, ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and dated jiayin xiao chun, followed by one artist's seal Yuan Jie zhiyin, with two collectors' seals. 19 3/4 x 9 1/4in (50.1 x 23.5cm),转到 Chinese Paintings Go
注脚:袁階(楷) 山水 水墨紙本 立軸 一六一四年作Provenance:Acquired in Hong Kong, 1962Exhibited:"Perfect Imbalance, Exploring Chinese Aesthetics", Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, March 11, 2009 - September 8, 2009來源:1962年購於香港展覽:皮博迪博物館，"Perfect Imbalance, Exploring Chinese Aesthetics"，麻省塞勒姆，2009年3月11日-9月8日As stated in the Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, the artist's name is also written as Yuan Kai, while some sources, such as Qin Zuyong's Tongyin Lunhua record the artist as Yuan Jie. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, Yuan Jie studied landscape painting with Zhang Yuanchun (1546-?). In this landscape, created during in the late Wanli reign, the artist re-interprets Ni Zan's (1306-1374) cool and placid style. Adopting the earlier artist's signature motifs--the solitary uninhabited pavilion, the one river-two banks composition, the foreground tree stretching to tag the far bank--Yuan Jie captures the quiet stillness for which Ni Zan was hailed. Executed in an understated manner void of color, the painting extols the literati aesthetic.