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Night Snow on the Sanya Canal, from the series Night Views with Snow, Moon, and Flowers

Night Snow on the Sanya Canal, from the series Night Views with Snow, Moon, and Flowers

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Utagawa Hiroshige (attributed to)

Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige (attributed to)
(Japanese, 1797 - 1858)
Title
Night Snow on the Sanya Canal, from the series Night Views with Snow, Moon, and Flowers
Date
around 1850
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
178 x 242 mm image
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.1995
Classification
Prints
Location
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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 173

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