Women in Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River

Women in Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River

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Eishōsai Chōki

Artist
Eishōsai Chōki
(Japanese, active ca. 1789-1795)
Title
Women in Pleasure Boats on the Sumida River
Date
ca. 1795
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
384 x 253 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.632
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1940, purchased from Leiston-Hammersworth auction at J.C. Morganthau & Co. (New York, NY) by Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 5

  • Amy Cutler: A Narrative Thread: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 2/20/2021–5/16/2021

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