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Young Woman Standing Under an Umbrella in the Snow

1767–68

Suzuki Harunobu

(Japanese, 1724–1770)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 71.1 x 12.7 cm (28 x 5 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.305
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Pillar prints, or hashira-e (柱絵), are long and narrow Japanese woodblock prints originally intended to decorate wooden pillars.
  • ?–1942
    Henri Vever [1854–1942], France
    March 26, 1974
    (Sotheby & Co., London, UK, March 26, 1974, part I, lot 53)
    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] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1985-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Vignier, Charles, H. Inada, and Raymond Koechlin. Harunobu, Koriusaï, Shunsho: estampes japonaises tirées des collections de mm. Bing, Bouasse-Lebel, Bullier [etc.] ... et exposées au Musée des arts décoratifs en janvier 1910. Paris: Ateliers photo-mécaniques D.A. Longuet, 1910. cat. no. 265
    Sotheby's London. Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part I. March 26, 1974. Reproduced: p. 50, lot no. 53
    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
  • 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).
    Harunobu, Koriusaï, Shunsho: estampes japonaises. Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France (January 1910)
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