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Artist:
Tomioka Tessai 富岡鉄斎 (1836-1924)  Search this
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 149.4 × 40 cm (58 13/16 × 15 3/4 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1916
Period:
Taisho era
Provenance:
?
Adachi Museum of Art [1]
To 2004
Tessaido, Kyoto [2]
From 2004 to 2018
Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Tessaido on November 4, 2004 [3]
From 2018
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, Washington [4]
Notes:
[1] Per information provided by the Cowles. See Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection 2018 Gift List for Freer/Sackler, object file, Collections Management.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See note 1.
[4] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Meeting Tessai: Modern Japanese Art from the Cowles Collection (August 13, 2022 to January 28, 2024)
Previous custodian or owner:
Cheney Cowles
Mary Cowles
Tessaido Co., Ltd. 鉄斎堂
Adachi Museum of Art 足立美術館
Topic:
Taisho era (1912 - 1926)  Search this
Japan  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
hanging scroll  Search this
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection  Search this
Credit Line:
The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles
Accession Number:
F2018.4.25a-g
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Freer Gallery 08: Meeting Tessai
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3732014f6-5805-44d3-8dbb-90f47f8401b6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F2018.4.25a-g