id: 152428
accession number: 1985.256
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A Beauty, c. 1810. Fujimaro (Japanese, d. 1830). Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; overall: 180.4 x 48.3 cm (71 x 19 in.); painting only: 94 x 31 cm (37 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.256
title: A Beauty
title in original language: 美人図
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creation date: c. 1810
creation date earliest: 1805
creation date latest: 1815
current location:
creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique: hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Fujimaro (Japanese, d. 1830) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 180.4 x 48.3 cm (71 x 19 in.); Painting only: 94 x 31 cm (37 x 12 3/16 in.)
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inscription: Artist's signature and two seals middle right side
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection
opening date: 1988-09-14T04:00:00
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).
title: Ukiyo-e: The Floating World Revisited
opening date: 1993-10-26T04:00:00
Ukiyo-e: The Floating World Revisited. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 2-April 3, 1994).
title: Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections
opening date: 2004-12-12T00:00:00
Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).
title: Japan’s Floating World 日本の浮世
opening date: 2022-04-08T04:00:00
Japan’s Floating World 日本の浮世. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH (June 3, 2016–January 10, 2017).', 'opening_date': '2016-06-03T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Felice Fedder Oriental Art, Inc., New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
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The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?–1985
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Jenkins, Donald. “Paintings of the Floating World.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 244–260, 262–278, 238.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 9, color plate 1, pp. 255–257
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25160038
“Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 292–295.
page number: Mentioned: p. 294
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160040
Jenkins, Donald, and Lynn Jacobsen-Katsumoto. The Floating World Revisited. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: cat. no. IV-4, pp. 196–197
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Vilbar, Sinéad. "Enhancing East Asia: Experience the Japanese and Korean Galleries in a New Light." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine, vol. 56, no. 3, May/June 2016, 22–23.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 22.
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-03
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.256/1985.256_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.256/1985.256_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.256/1985.256_full.tif