id: 152444
accession number: 1985.271
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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
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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
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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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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: Ukiyo-e: Floating World
opening date: 1973-06-11T04:00:00
Ukiyo-e: Floating World. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 11-September 2, 1973).
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: 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': 'Ukiyo-e Shuei [Collection of Ukiyo-e Painting]. Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan (1923).', 'opening_date': '1923-01-01T05:00:00Z'}
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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
Kyōto Teishitsu Hakubutsukan 京都帝室博物館. Ukiyo-E Shūei: Tokubetsu Tenran 浮世繪聚英. Kyoto: Benridō, 1923.
page number: no. 59
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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 p. 273, figure 14, and color plate VIII, p. 269
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25160038
“Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 75, no. 7 (September 1988): 292–295.
page number: Mentioned: p. 294
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25160040
Laing, Mary, ed. Masterpieces of Ukiyo-E : Paintings from the Manno Art Museum. New York, NY: Sebastian Izzard LLC, 2003.
page number: Reproduced: no. 19
url:
Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing. Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
page number: Reproduced: p. 108
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