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Explore this collection for warm pieces, reminiscent of the autumn season. 

20 Items in this Learning Collection
Maple Leaves
There is a single branch that rises from the bottom of the painting and that ends at the top of the painting. There are smaller twigs that jut out from the main branch and that each have vibrant red-orange maple leaves growing from them. There are signatures and seals in the bottom left corner of the painting.
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Tile
Square ceramic tile with orange glaze
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Tile
Square ceramic tile with iridescent orange glaze
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Articulation: Formulation
This print shows two rectangles, on the left, a grey square has pale green and yellow squares nested in it. On the right, an orange square has darker orange squares nested in it.
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At the Crossroads (En Rade)
Three birds, executed with spare line and simple form, are set within an abstracted landscape of bright yellows and oranges.
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Sunset Corner
A vast surface of orange yields in the very bottom of the painting to a swath of yellow, under which there is a line of white and green, and under that a thin black line.
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Vase
This small bottle consists of orange and green iridescent glass with a brown pointed leaf or blade design. The bottle has been pinched in at the sides.
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Demon Frightens Nayika in the Forest
A female figure in orange dress is in a green forest. She is looking behind her towards a demon who is emerging from some shrubs. 
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Articulation: Formulation
On a long horizontal white piece of paper two brown-maroon rectangles sit. Each has a series of rectangles within it with a squared U-shape sitting on the bottom edge of the nested rectangles. The colors are dark yellows, reds, oranges, and some blue. 
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Untitled
This horizontal print consists of horizontal blocks of color and stripes.  The upper portion of the print is a dark brick-red with a thinner black horizontal stripe along the top edge.  The lower portion of the print is beige with a thin orange stripe along the bottom edge.
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Stunt Man III
This print is made up of overlaying photographs in a reddish-orange tint. Spots of red also overlap each other, and the photographs, and there is a large horizontal swath of a deeper red along the top. The print is editioned, signed and dated in pencil (l.r.) "31/36 RAUSCHENBERG 1962".
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Iro-Nabeshima Plate with Maple Leaves on Spider Wed design, one of five

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Textile

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Autumnal Scene

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Dawn, Autumn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
This photograph depicts an elevated view of a forrested landscape filled with trees and with no visible horizon line. 
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Plate with Floral Design, one of five
Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.
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Plate with Floral Design, one of five
Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.
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Scholars in a Thatched Hut Under an Old Tree
The painting has a large tree in the forground, behind which is positioned a small hut which has two figures seated inside. Behind the hut are mountains and a small path disappearing in the distance on the bottom left of the image. 
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Plate with Floral Design, one of five
Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.
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The Museum of Modern Art, Wrapped (Rear), Project for New York
This print includes three seperate images and text.  At the top is a sketch in black ink of the Museum of Modern Art, wrapped in textile, with buildings behind it.  Below is a map of the area in NYC around MoMA and a photograph of MoMA, unwrapped. Handwritten labels and notes are included.
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Maple Leaves

Accession Number
1990/1.195

Title
Maple Leaves

Artist(s)
Nishiyama Kan'ei

Object Creation Date
2nd half of 19th century

Medium & Support
ink and color on paper

Dimensions
15 3/4 in x 14 9/16 in (40 cm x 37 cm)

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

Subject matter
Nishiyama Kan'ai is "a skillful painter of landscapes and kachōga."

Roberts, Laurance Page, and John M. Rosenfield. A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer. Weatherhill, 2000.

"Japanese art has a rich tradition in the depiction of flora and fauna. Until the 17thcentury powerful and myth-like creatures such as dragons, phoenixes, lion dogs, birds of prey and tigers were portrayed as aggressive. This changed however when the influence of the samurai subsided and urban culture began to develop. Rich merchants sought refinement and a sympathetic style and in the artistic rendition of nature docile animals in subtle well-balanced compositions emerged. Flowers and birds became popular subjects, not only for their esthetic beauty but for their symbolic significance as well.
The literal meaning of the Japanese word kachō-ga is ‘images of flowers and birds’. Richly coloured flowers and birds are the focal point of this exhibition that illustrates the origin and development of this decorative genre. Colourful plants and animals embellish the screens, scrolls, albums, illustrated books, fan-shaped prints and graphs dating back to the 18th and 20th century."

“Kachō-Ga. The Poetry of Japanese Nature.” Sieboldhuis, 13 Feb. 2019, www.sieboldhuis.org/en/exhibitions/kachōga-de-poëzie-van-de-japanse-natuur.

Physical Description
There is a single branch that rises from the bottom of the painting and that ends at the top of the painting. There are smaller twigs that jut out from the main branch and that each have vibrant red-orange maple leaves growing from them. There are signatures and seals in the bottom left corner of the painting.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form. Keywords
branches (plant components)
leaf (plant material)
sketches

1 Related Resource
Ink and Realisms
(Part of: Artist Associations and Art Movements)

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