id:			152492
accession number:	1985.314
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.314
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:56.095000

Mandarin Ducks and Flowering Plants, early or mid-1830s. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Color woodblock print; overall: 38.2 x 17.1 cm (15 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.314

title:				Mandarin Ducks and Flowering Plants
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creation date:			early or mid-1830s
creation date earliest:		1830
creation date latest:		1837
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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:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 38.2 x 17.1 cm (15 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signature: Hiroshige hitsu.
Artist Seal: Ichiryusai.
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindo).
Censorship Seal: kiwame.
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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

* {'description': '<em>Year in Review 1985</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Henri Vever [1854–1942], France
	date: ?-1942
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	(Sotheby & Co., London, UK, March 26, 1975, lot 362)
	date: March 26, 1975
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	(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)
	date: 1975-?
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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sotheby's London. <em>Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Drawings and Fan Paintings, from the Henri Vever Collection: Part II</em>. March 26, 1975.
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