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Salmon Fishing in the Snow in Echigo Province

Salmon Fishing in the Snow in Echigo Province

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Salmon Fishing in the Snow in Echigo Province
Date
1835-1840
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
217 x 282 mm image
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.1983
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]

  • Meech, Julia. "Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Architect's Other Passion." New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Japan Society, New York, 2001.

  • Gifts of the Ebb Tide: The Sea in Japanese Prints: Chazen Museum of Art, 6/8/2013–9/1/2013
  • Summer Breeze: The Fan in Japanese Prints: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/7/2012–9/9/2012
  • Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Architect's Other Passion: Japan Society Gallery, 3/26/2001–7/15/2001

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