Courtesan

The Cleveland Museum of Art · The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith

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Courtesan

1716–35

ArtistMatsuno Chikanobu (Japanese, active 1716–35)

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Medium: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 179.1 x 58.5 cm (70 1/2 x 23 1/16 in.); Overall: 177.8 x 52.7 cm (70 x 20 3/4 in.); Painting only: 91 x 35.5 cm (35 13/16 x 14 in.); Painting only: 91.8 x 39.6 cm (36 1/8 x 15 9/16 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith

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Provenance

Public

Provenance event

(Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)

?–1985

The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–199...

1985–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, Japan, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public

A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection

Source exhibition text

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). Later Japanese Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-July 13, 2004).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

A glamorous courtesan sports an outer robe decorated with large roundels featuring plant motifs including iris and bush clover. Little is known about the life and artistic training of the painter Matsuno Chikanobu, an ukiyo-e artist who painted in a style strongly reminiscent of that of the Kaigetsudō studio. Many of his known paintings are on silk, and executed with high quality pigments, indicating that his primary clientele were wealthy individuals.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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