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Snowy Night from the series Twelve Images of Modern Beauties

Snowy Night from the series Twelve Images of Modern Beauties

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Ito Shinsui

Artist
Ito Shinsui
(Japanese, 1898 - 1972)
Title
Snowy Night from the series Twelve Images of Modern Beauties
Date
1/1923
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
408 x 242 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2797
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

July 1923, sold by Japanska Magasinet (Stolkholm, Sweden) to Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Roberts, Laurance P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer." 1st edition. Tokyo; New York: Weatherhill, 1976. p. 58
  • Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975." University of Hawaii Press, 1992. p. 47
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 283

  • Watanabe: Japanese Print Envoy: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/1/2018–9/2/2018
  • Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/7/1990–11/25/1990
  • Japanese Woodblock Prints: Reality and Reflection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 8/24/1985–10/13/1985
  • Calm Lives, Exuberant Pleasures : Outstanding Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Van Vleck Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 3/31/1984–4/15/1984

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