id: 152433
accession number: 1985.261
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.261
updated: 2024-04-23 21:15:14.001000
Courtesan Reading a Letter, early 1800s. Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844), calligraphy by Ōta Nanpo (Japanese, 1749–1823). Two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper; image: 156.8 x 165.4 cm (61 3/4 x 65 1/8 in.); overall: 175.2 x 183.5 cm (69 x 72 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.261
title: Courtesan Reading a Letter
title in original language: 文読む遊女図
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creation date: early 1800s
creation date earliest: 1800
creation date latest: 1823
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creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
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culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique: two-panel folding screen; ink and color on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Folding screen
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844) - painter
* Ōta Nanpo (Japanese, 1749–1823) - calligraphy by
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measurements: Image: 156.8 x 165.4 cm (61 3/4 x 65 1/8 in.); Overall: 175.2 x 183.5 cm (69 x 72 1/4 in.)
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inscription: painting: Signed: Teisai.
Sealed: Hokuba.
calligraphy: Signed: Shokusanjin.
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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: Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2001-07-15T00:00:00
Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).
title: Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235
opening date: 2022-04-08T04:00:00
Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 12, 2004–April 10, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2004-12-12T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Japanese Gallery 236 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 13–November 16, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2015-11-16T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(David Newman, London, England, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
date: ?–1974
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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: 1974–1985
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
“Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 75, no. 7, 1988, pp. 292–295.
page number: Mentioned: p. 294
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160040
Cunningham, Michael R. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 68-69. Cat. no. 31
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.261/1985.261_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.261/1985.261_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.261/1985.261_full.tif