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Beauty Replacing Her Hairpin
Inscriptions
Signature: Chobunsai Eishi zu Artist seal: CHOBUNSAI
Provenance
Harold Gould Henderson (1889–1974) and Mary A. Henderson (1905–1998), New York; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1965.
Exhibition history
Milan, Italy, Arthemisia and Palazzo Reale, Ukiyoe, Il Mondo Fluttuante, February 6, 2004 –May 30, 2004.
Publications
“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1965.” Archives of Asian Art 20 (1966): 108. Calza, Gain Carlo. Ukiyoe. Phaidon Press Limited, 2005, 497, pl. 177, cat. VI.68.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Chôbunsai Eishi / Japanese, 1756-1829
- Date
- Edo period, 1798
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- 93.2 × 30.6 cm (36 3/4 × 12 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Style
- Japanese (culture or style)
- Place
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson
- Accession no.
- 1965.914
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