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Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase

mid-1740s

Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信

(Japanese, 1711–1785)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print

Overall: 69.5 x 16.5 cm (27 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)

The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.358

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Inscription

Signature: Tanjodo Ishikawa Shuen Toyonobu zu. Artist Seal: Ishikawa Toyonobu. Publisher: Murataya Jirobei (Mura).

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Collector's seal: Vever

Provenance

?-1915

Michel Manzi [1849-1915], Paris, France

?-1942

Henri Vever [1854–1942], France

March 26, 1974

(Sotheby & Co., London, UK, March 26, 1974, part I, lot 30)

1974-?

(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)

?-1985

The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1985-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Vignier, Charles and Inada. Estampes japonaises primitives tirées des collections de: mm. Bing, Blondeau, Bullier, comte de Camondo, Chialiva, m. & mme. Curtis, J. Doucet, mme. Gillot, Haviland, Hubert, Isaac, Jacquin, R. Kœchlin, mme. Langweil, Manzi, Marteau, Migeon, G. Moreau, Mutiaux, du Pré de Saint-Maur, H. Rivière, A. Rouart, Léonce Rosenberg, Ch. Salomon, comte de Tressan, H. Vever, Vignier et exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en février 1909. Paris: Ateliers photomécaniques D.A. Longuet, 1909. Reproduced: no. 209, pl. XLIX

Sotheby's London. Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I. March 26, 1974. Reproduced: p. 29, lot no. 30

Sotheby's London. Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I. March 26, 1974. Reproduced: p. 48, lot no. 48

Exhibition history

Estampes japonaises primitives tirées des collections de: mm. Bing, Blondeau, Bullier, comte de Camondo, Chialiva, m. & mme. Curtis, J. Doucet, mme. Gillot, Haviland, Hubert, Isaac, Jacquin, R. Kœchlin, mme. Langweil, Manzi, Marteau, Migeon, G. Moreau, Mutiaux, du Pré de Saint-Maur, H. Rivière, A. Rouart, Léonce Rosenberg, Ch. Salomon, comte de Tressan, H. Vever, Vignier et exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en février 1909. Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France (February 1909)

Later Japanese Rotation, Gallery 113. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-July 13, 2004).

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

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