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Bamboos in Wind

Kim Jin-woo, 1934

1.29 m × 33 cm

Almost as tall as you are. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 33 cm
Width: 1.29 m
Medium: Ten-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Kind: Painting
Made in: Korea, Japanese colonial period (1910−1945)
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: Each panel: 128.9 x 33 cm (50 3/4 x 13 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 33 cm × 1.29 m. Turned to face the way the photograph does.
Credit: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

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

How big is it?: 1.29 m × 33 cm. Almost as tall as you are. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1934. 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: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund.
How was it made?: Ten-panel folding screen; ink on paper, made in Korea, Japanese colonial period (1910−1945), Korea, Japanese colonial period (1910−1945).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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