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Descending Geese at the Sumida River, from the series Eight Views of Edo

Descending Geese at the Sumida River, from the series Eight Views of Edo

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Katsushika Hokusai

Artist/Maker
Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760 - 1849)
Title
Descending Geese at the Sumida River, from the series Eight Views of Edo
Date
1830-1835
Material & Process
Color woodcut
Dimensions
94 x 134 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Inventory No.
1980.2381
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]

  • Keyes, Roger S., Peter Morse. "Catalogue Raisonné of the Single-Sheet Colour Woodblock Prints of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)." The British Museum, 2015. https://www.dh-jac.net/db1/booksrske/search.php. 508
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 214

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