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The Fish Market, from the series Pictures of Famous Places in Osaka

The Fish Market, from the series Pictures of Famous Places in Osaka

Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
The Fish Market, from the series Pictures of Famous Places in Osaka
Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
ca. 225 x 352 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1277
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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