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Snow at Kiso Gorge in Shinano Province, from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces

Snow at Kiso Gorge in Shinano Province, from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces

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Utagawa Hiroshige II

Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige II
(Japanese, 1829 - 1869)
Title
Snow at Kiso Gorge in Shinano Province, from the series One-hundred Views of Famous Places in the Provinces
Date
10/1859
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
334 x 221 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.2242
Classification
Prints
Location
Japan

Related

29 March 1919, purchased from Ito (Chicago, IL) 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]

  • Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 196, no. 188
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 199

  • Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/3/2007–1/6/2008
  • Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Van Vleck Collection, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/21/2001–6/17/2001

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