id:			152445
accession number:	1985.272
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.272
updated:		2024-04-24 11:46:26.758000

Courtesan, early 1800s. Gion Seitoku (Japanese, active late 1700s–early 1800s). Hanging scroll, pillar painting; ink and color paper; overall: 194.3 x 18.6 cm (76 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.); painting only: 126.5 x 13.3 cm (49 13/16 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.272

title:				Courtesan
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creation date:			early 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, pillar painting; ink and color 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: 194.3 x 18.6 cm (76 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.); Painting only: 126.5 x 13.3 cm (49 13/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	artist's signature and two seals upper 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
	<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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Kozo Yabumoto, Hyogo, Japan, 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

	“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:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160040

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IMAGES

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