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Lying Cat (Chat couché)

Lying Cat (Chat couché)

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Tsuguharu Foujita

Artist
Tsuguharu Foujita
(French, b. Japan, 1886 - 1968)
Title
Lying Cat (Chat couché)
Date
1929
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
327 x 450 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.686a
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

21 November 1938, sold by John McLaughlin (Boston, MA) to 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]

  • Roberts, Laurance P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer." Tokyo; New York: Weatherhill, 1986. p. 26
  • Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975." University of Hawaii Press, 1992. p. 19
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 16

  • Color Woodcut International: Japan, Britain, and America in the Early 20th Century: Chazen Museum of Art, 12/9/2006–2/25/2007

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