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Geisha Tying her Sash, from the series Forms of Beautiful Women in the Tatsumi District

Geisha Tying her Sash, from the series Forms of Beautiful Women in the Tatsumi District

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Keisai Eisen

Artist/Maker
Keisai Eisen
(Japanese, 1790 - 1848)
Title
Geisha Tying her Sash, from the series Forms of Beautiful Women in the Tatsumi District
Date
around 1825-1830
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
359 x 242 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.642
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

1929, purchased in Kyoto (Japan) by 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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 7

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