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Reeling Silk from Cocoons, from the series The Cultivation of Silkworms

Reeling Silk from Cocoons, from the series The Cultivation of Silkworms

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Kikugawa Eizan

Artist
Kikugawa Eizan
(Japanese, 1787 - 1867)
Title
Reeling Silk from Cocoons, from the series The Cultivation of Silkworms
Date
1805
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
388 x 261 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.670
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; ca. 1926, acquired by The Bank of Wisconsin; 1928, sold 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]

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  • States and Copies: Variables in the History of Printmaking: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1/25/1992–3/1/1992

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