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Set of Four Painted Characters

Unknown artist, early 1900s

84 cm × 2.37 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.4 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.37 m
Width: 84 cm
Medium: hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; unmounted
Kind: Painting
Made in: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 236.5 x 80.3 cm (93 1/8 x 31 5/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 80 cm × 2.37 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of Alan Priest

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 84 cm × 2.37 m. It would not fit through your front door. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made early 1900s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of Alan Priest.
How was it made?: Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; unmounted, made in Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.