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Descending Geese on the Koto, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor

Descending Geese on the Koto, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor

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Suzuki Harunobu

Artist/Maker
Suzuki Harunobu
(Japanese, 1724 - 1770)
Title
Descending Geese on the Koto, from the series Eight Views of the Parlor
Date
1766
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
288 x 210 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.715
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

By 1940, sold by Ernest Le Veel (Paris, France) to Hester Van Vleck (Madison, WI) as a gift to her husband, 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. "Artscene." Vol. 14, No. 4, Summer 1998. p. 6
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 10, No. 3, June /July/ August 1994. p. 2
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 21

  • Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/6/2016–8/14/2016
  • Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 9/4/2004–11/7/2004
  • Japanese Woodblock Prints: Reality and Reflection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 8/24/1985–10/13/1985

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