id:			152510
accession number:	1985.330
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.330
updated:		2023-08-23 22:53:25.960000

Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses), 1784. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.330

title:				Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)
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creation date:			1784
creation date earliest:		1784
creation date latest:		1784
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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

* Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Kiyonaga 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

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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 140)
	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:
Dancing plays a significant role in festival celebrations and special occasions. The young girl is dancing on a pair of bivalve shells (also used as game pieces in other amusements), accompanied by the music of the samisen (3-stringed guitar).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hirano, Chie. <em>Kiyonaga; A Study of His Life and Works, with a Portfolio of Plates in Color and Collotype</em>. Cambridge, Mass: Pub. for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by the Harvard University Press, 1939.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 617, Pl. LVII
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	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: 	Listed: p. 74, lot no. 139
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