Provenance · Gift
Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom
This catalog gathers 29 public-domain works given to the museum by Mary B. Lee, C. Bingham Blossom, Dudley S. Blossom III, Laurel B. Kovacik, and Elizabeth B. Blossom. Every work is held by Cleveland Museum of Art.
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The Youth Seitaka (Seitaka Dōji) -
Calligraphy -
Waterfall -
Poem -
Poem -
Preface -
Wild Bridge, Poet's Walk -
Summer Retreat -
Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters -
Landscape -
Ikiyasan Isakiji -
Landscape -
Landscape -
Poem -
Short Nap on a Long Summer Day -
Colors and Sound of Autumn -
Album of Precious Works from Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters (Volume 1) -
Landscape -
Autumn River -
Inscription and Two Seals -
Calligraphy -
Pine Tree and Fungus -
Peach Blossoms and Willows -
Poem -
Plum Blossoms and Bamboo -
Children -
Poem -
Orchid -
Album of Precious Works from Famous Early Modern Calligraphers and Painters (Volume 2)
On provenance & the public domain
A credit line — the small "Gift of…" note beside a work on a museum wall — records its provenance: how the object passed from a private hand into a public collection, whether as an outright gift, a bequest left in a will, the purchase from a named endowment, or an entire collection acquired at once. Because these works are in the public domain, anyone can study, share, and reproduce them freely. Browsing by provenance follows the human story behind a museum's holdings — the collectors and benefactors whose generosity put these works where the public can see them.
Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.