Wen Zhengming
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Selected Works139

Museum Acquisitions

Cleveland Museum of Art
Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu)
Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu), 1525
Acquired 1998
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
Old Trees by a Wintry Brook, 1551
Acquired 1997
hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Listening to the Bamboo
Listening to the Bamboo
Acquired 1977
hanging scroll, ink on sutra paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley
Playing the Qin in a Secluded Valley, 1548
Acquired 1969
hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Old Pine Tree
Old Pine Tree, 1530
Acquired 1964
handscroll; ink on paper
LACMA
Old Trees by a Cold Waterfall
Old Trees by a Cold Waterfall, 1531
Acquired 1955
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Autumn Mountains 秋山圖
Autumn Mountains 秋山圖
Acquired 1949
Handscroll; ink on gold-flecked paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Snowy Landscape
Snowy Landscape
In museum collection
Hanging scroll; Ink and light color on paper

Previous Sales

Christie's
Letter to Wang Guxiang
Letter to Wang Guxiang
HK$609,600 ($78k USD)
Oct 2025
Christie's
Poems in Running Script
Poems in Running Script
HK$254,000 ($33k USD)
Oct 2025
Christie's
Chilled Mountain Streams
Chilled Mountain Streams
Sold
Oct 2025
Christie's
Calligraphy in Running Script
Calligraphy in Running Script
Sold
Oct 2025
Christie's
Banquet on a Snowy Night
Banquet on a Snowy Night
Sold
Oct 2025
Sotheby's
Landscape
Landscape
$45,834
Apr 2025
Sotheby's
Calligraphy in Regular Script
Calligraphy in Regular Script
$32,739
Apr 2025
Christie's
Bamboo and Rock
Bamboo and Rock
HK$630,000 ($81k USD)
Nov 2024
Christie's
Calligraphy in Small Regular Script
Calligraphy in Small Regular Script
Sold
Nov 2024
Christie's
Running Script Calligraphy
Running Script Calligraphy
Sold
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Wen Zhengming, Snowy Landscape
Wen Zhengming, Snowy Landscape
$154,175
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Wen Zhengming, Poem in Regular Script
Wen Zhengming, Poem in Regular Script
$135,674
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Wen Zhengming, Landscape
Wen Zhengming, Landscape
$84,796
Nov 2024
Sotheby's
Wen Zhengming, Calligraphy in Cursive Script
Wen Zhengming, Calligraphy in Cursive Script
$37,002
Nov 2024
Christie's
Boating in Autumn
Boating in Autumn
HK$2,142,000 ($274k USD)
Jun 2024
Christie's
Ink Pine
Ink Pine
HK$1,008,000 ($129k USD)
Jun 2024
Christie's
Seven-Character Poem in Cursive Script
Seven-Character Poem in Cursive Script
HK$567,000 ($73k USD)
Jun 2024
Christie's
Ten Poems in Small Character
Ten Poems in Small Character
Sold
Jun 2024
Sotheby's
Poems in Clerical Script
Poems in Clerical Script
$32,444
Apr 2024
Sotheby's
Poem in Running Script
Poem in Running Script
$14,600
Apr 2024
Christie's
Poems in Cursive Script
Poems in Cursive Script
HK$10,055,000 ($1.3M USD)
Dec 2023
Christie's
Farewell at Huqiu
Farewell at Huqiu
Sold
Dec 2023
Christie's
Scholar on Horseback in Snow
Scholar on Horseback in Snow
Sold
Dec 2023
Bonhams
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559)
WEN ZHENGMING (1470-1559), 1730
$31,027
Jun 2023
Christie's
Landscape in the Style of Wu Zhen and Calligraphy
Landscape in the Style of Wu Zhen and Calligraphy
HK$5,040,000 ($645k USD)
Jun 2023

For Sale

Yale University Art Gallery · Artsy
Peony
Peony, 1531
For sale
Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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明 文徵明 樓居圖軸|Living Aloft: Master Liu's Retreat
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2017 · Accession 2017.327.2 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Bequest of Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, in honor of Wen C. Fong, 2015
Untitled
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.500.8.4 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Poem on Imperial Gift of an Embroidered Silk: Calligraphy in Running-Standard Script (xingkaishu)
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 1998 · Accession 1998.169 · Hanging scroll; ink on paper
John L. Severance Fund
Old Trees by a Wintry Brook
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 1997 · Accession 1997.102 · hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper
Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry
明 文徵明 行書 夏日雨後書事 扇面|After a Long Summer Rain
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1989 · Accession 1989.363.61 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on gold-flecked paper
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
明 佚名（文徵明款） 玉蘭圖 卷|Magnolia
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1989 · Accession 1989.363.64 · Handscroll; color on paper
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
明 文徵明 小楷書文賦 卷|Lu Ji’s Essay on Literature
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1989 · Accession 1989.363.63 · Handscroll; ink on paper
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
明 文徵明 東林避暑圖 卷 |Summer retreat in the eastern grove
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1989 · Accession 1989.363.60 · Handscroll; ink on paper
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
明　文徵明　致丈人吳愈書　冊頁|Letter to the artist’s father-in-law, Wu Yu
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1989 · Accession 1989.363.59 · Album leaf; ink on patterned paper
Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
明　文徵明　叢桂齋圖　卷|The Cassia Grove Studio
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1989 · Accession 1989.303 · Handscroll; ink and color on paper
Gift of Douglas Dillon, 1989
明 文徵明行書詩 冊|Poem on Strolling in the Moonlight
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1982 · Accession 1982.229a–ff · Album of thirty-two pages; ink on paper
Gift of John M. Crawford Jr., 1982
明 文徵明 太湖群嶼圖 扇面|View of Lake Tai
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1982 · Accession 1982.7.1 · Folding fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on gold-flecked paper
Purchase, The Dillon Fund Gift, 1982
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Blooming: The Art of Gardens in East and West | Hong Kong Museum of Art | Art in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Museum of Art has opened 'Blooming: The Art of Gardens in East and West,' a major exhibition featuring over 100 rare artifacts and paint…
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Explore HKMoA's large-scale exhibition "Blooming: The Art of Gardens in East and West" Starting April 24
The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) opens its large-scale exhibition "Blooming: The Art of Gardens in East and West" on April 24, featuring over 100 s…
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Blooming: The Art of Gardens in East and West | Hong Kong Museum of Art | Art in Hong Kong
Apr 25, 2026
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Two Monet paintings have arrived in Hong Kong and entry is completely free
Apr 25, 2026
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Explore HKMoA's large-scale exhibition "Blooming: The Art of Gardens in East and West" Starting April 24
Apr 24, 2026
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15 museum shop gifts were loving 2706918
Dec 2, 2025
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death
Wen Zhengming dies
Jan 1, 1559
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birth
Wen Zhengming born
Jan 1, 1470