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Snails on Bamboo in the Rain

Snails on Bamboo in the Rain

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Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Snails on Bamboo in the Rain
Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
6 7/8 x 4 5/16 in. Image
Credit
Bequest of Abigail Van Vleck
Accession No.
1984.912
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

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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 (Cambridge, MA); 1980, passed through inheritance to John’s wife, Abigail P. Van Vleck (Cambridge, MA); 1984, bequeathed to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

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