id:			152444
accession number:	1985.271
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.271
updated:		2024-04-24 11:46:26.751000

A Beauty, early 1800s. Gion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 139.7 x 55.8 cm (55 x 21 15/16 in.); painting only: 56.3 x 43.1 cm (22 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.271

title:				A Beauty
title in original language:	美人図
series:				
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creation date:			early 1800s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1830
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creditline:			The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Gion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 139.7 x 55.8 cm (55 x 21 15/16 in.); Painting only: 56.3 x 43.1 cm (22 3/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	東山画奴井特寫 「字日伯立」白文方印・「せいとく」朱文千鳥印
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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
	<i>A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988).

	title:		Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235
	opening date:   2022-04-08T04:00:00
	<i>Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 8-October 9, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Ukiyo-e: Floating World</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1973).', 'opening_date': '1973-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 12, 2004–April 10, 2005).', 'opening_date': '2004-12-12T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, Japan, sold to 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.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 75, no. 7, 1988, pp. 244-260, 262-278, 238.
	page number: 	Reproduced p. 273, figure 14, and color plate VIII, p. 269
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25160038

	“Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 75, no. 7, 1988, pp. 292–295.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 294
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25160040

	Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. <em>Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 108
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IMAGES

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print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.271/1985.271_print.jpg
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