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Beauties at the Seashore
The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund
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Beauties at the Seashore

c. 1765–92
Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, active c. 1765–92) visual detail
ArtistIppitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, active c. 1765–92)
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Medium
hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 41.3 x 54 cm (16 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.); Overall: 134 x 72.8 cm (52 3/4 x 28 11/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund

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Provenance

Public
?–1963

(N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1963–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public
Year in Review (1963)

Ukiyo-e Paintings

Source exhibition text

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964). Ukiyo-e Paintings. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (organizer) (April 5-June 19, 1966). Japanese Painters of the Floating World: [Exhibition]. Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY (April-June, 1966). Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20–May 6, 2003). Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 25–December 2, 2003).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Bunchō portrays the popular subject of cooling off by the water on a late spring or early summer evening, as suggested by the willow. The seated lady enjoys her pipe-smoking—a popular pastime for Edo women. In the background, some fireworks are set off from a small boat.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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