id:			152486
accession number:	1985.309
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.309
updated:		2022-09-22 10:20:58.493000

Courtesan and Sleeping Attendant, late 1760s. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770). Color woodblock print, with embossing; overall: 28.1 x 20.1 cm (11 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.309

title:				Courtesan and Sleeping Attendant
title in original language:	遊女と寝る禿
series:				
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creation date:			late 1760s
creation date earliest:		1765
creation date latest:		1769
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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:	color woodblock print, with embossing
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 28.1 x 20.1 cm (11 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Artist's signature: Harunobu ga
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	inscription:	Collector's seal: Vever
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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

* <em>Japanese Gallery 113 Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 10–June 23, 1998).

* <em>Japanese Gallery 113 Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 19–April 25, 2002).

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PROVENANCE

	Henri Vever [1854–1942], France
	date: ?–1942
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	(Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, UK, March 24, 1977, part III, lot 48)
	date: March 24, 1977
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	(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
	date: 1977–?
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	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] given 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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wall description: 
In this print, a courtesan emerges from her bed to find her attendant asleep. As was customary, the courtesan has her obi sash tied at the front, while her servant has hers tied at the back. The strong contrast between the colorful bedclothes and the white of the courtesan’s robe is heightened by the embossing of the fabric folds, lending a three-dimensional effect to her form. The technique involves pressing a carved but unpigmented woodblock against the print surface.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sotheby's London. <em>Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings and Paintings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part III</em>. March 24, 1977.
	page number: 	Reproduced: 34-35, lot no. 48
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	“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. 292
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