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Peonies and Rocks

Unknown artist, early 1900s

2.65 m × 1.76 m

It would not fit through your front door. Stood on end it is 1.6 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.76 m
Width: 2.65 m
Medium: Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Kind: Painting
Made in: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392−1910) or 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: Overall: 175.8 x 264.6 cm (69 3/16 x 104 3/16 in.)
Credit: Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D.

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

How big is it?: 2.65 m × 1.76 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 The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D..
How was it made?: Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk, made in Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392−1910) or Japanese colonial period (1910−1945), Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392−1910) or 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.

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.