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Departing Spring

Departing Spring

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Kawase Hasui

Artist/Maker
Kawase Hasui
(Japanese, 1883 - 1957)
Title
Departing Spring
Date
Spring 1925
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
369 x 243 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.748
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

May 1930, purchased from an art dealer (Zurich, Switzerland) 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]

  • Brown, Kendall. "Kawase Hasui : The Complete Woodblock Prints." Amsterdam: Hotei, 2003. no. 145
  • Roberts, Laurance P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer." Tokyo; New York: Weatherhill, 1986. p. 73
  • Merritt, Helen and Nanako Yamada. "Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975." University of Hawaii Press, 1992. p. 62
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 1, No.4. July/August 1985. p. 4
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 26

  • Kawase Hasui Color Woodcuts: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/8/2009–8/9/2009

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