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Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase

Courtesan Reading a Poem Slip Tied to Flowers in a Vase

mid-1740s
(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
Location: not on view
  • ?-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
  • 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
  • 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).
    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)
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