id:			152486
accession number:	1985.309
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.309
updated:		2022-01-13 10:04:08.002000

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:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			late 1760s
creation date earliest:		1765
creation date latest:		1769
current location:		
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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catalogue raisonne: 

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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).

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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: 
Note the embossing on the robe of the courtesan. This technique uses unpigmented blocks during the printing process.
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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
	url:		

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