Open daily. Always free.
Women Examining Insect Cages, Sixth Month from the series Elegant Monthly Pilgrimages During the Four Seasons

Women Examining Insect Cages, Sixth Month from the series Elegant Monthly Pilgrimages During the Four Seasons

On View

Not currently on view

Torii Kiyonaga

Artist
Torii Kiyonaga
(Japanese, 1752 - 1815)
Title
Women Examining Insect Cages, Sixth Month from the series Elegant Monthly Pilgrimages During the Four Seasons
Date
1784
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
257 x 190 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.2523
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]

  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "The Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1990. p. 236

The Chazen Museum of Art welcomes comments or inquiries about works in our collection. Please allow two–three weeks for a response. Chazen staff is not able to provide valuations or authentications and such inquiries cannot be answered.

"*" indicates required fields

Name*
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.