id: 152444
accession number: 1985.271
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Portrait of a Woman, 1800s. Gion Seitoku (Japanese, 1781-1829?). Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper; overall: 139.7 cm (55 in.); painting only: 56.6 x 44 cm (22 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.271
title: Portrait of a Woman
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creation date: 1800s
creation date earliest: 1810
creation date latest: 1829
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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: hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
department: Japanese Art
collection: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Gion Seitoku (Japanese, 1781-1829?) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 139.7 cm (55 in.); Painting only: 56.6 x 44 cm (22 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
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inscription: Artist's signature and two seals at 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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA, 1973: "Ukiyo-e: Floating World," no catalogue
CMA, 1988: "A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection," CMA Bulletin 75 (September, 1988), listed p. 294; reproduced p. 273, figure 14 and color plate VIII, p. 269.
Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; December 12, 2004- April 10, 2005. "Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections".
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PROVENANCE
(Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, Japan); Kelvin Smith
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During the 1700s and 1800s, wearing iridescent, greenish lip gloss was in vogue. Also, Japanese women almost universally practiced the custom of artificially blackening their teeth with a stain. This woman wears a tortoiseshell comb and hairpins. A Kyoto-based painter, Seitoku specialized in portraying women from the Gion, the licensed brothel district in Kyoto. He was known for detailing faces with subtle modeling to heighten a sense of realism.
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