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

early 1800s
Gion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s) visual detail
ArtistGion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s)
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Medium
hanging scroll, pillar painting; ink and color paper
Dimensions
Overall: 194.3 x 18.6 cm (76 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.); Painting only: 126.5 x 13.3 cm (49 13/16 x 5 1/4 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

The Cleveland Museum of Artconfidence 100%

Exhibitions

Public
Portraiture: The Image of the Individual

Ukiyo-e: Floating World

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

Source exhibition text

Ukiyo-e: Floating World. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 11-September 2, 1973). Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984). 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).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

This narrow hanging scroll, known as a pillar painting, is similar to the format of Shigemasa’s <em>Two Beauties</em> (see <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.274"><u>CMA </u>1985.274</a>).

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Evidence state

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

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