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Basket with Fan, Chrysanthemums, and Mushrooms

Basket with Fan, Chrysanthemums, and Mushrooms

early 1800s

attributed to Katsushika Hokusai

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 19.1 x 52.8 cm (7 1/2 x 20 13/16 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1949.153
Location: not on view

Description

A surimono is a privately commissioned print used to announce or commemorate a special event. Because the chrysanthemum is the premier symbol of autumn, this print may have been made to celebrate the changing of the seasons.
  • ?-1949
    Mrs. Ralph [Fanny Tewksbury] King [1867-1949], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1949-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Part II: Annual Report Issue for the Year 1949.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 37, no. 6, 1950, pp. 127–161. Mentioned: p. 135 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned: P. 59; reproduced: P. 62, no. 44
  • Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6, 2015-January 5, 2016).
    Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.153