Woodblock prints; ink and color on paper bound in cloth-covered volume
Dimensions:
H x W (closed): 36.5 x 24.2 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/2 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
Japan
Date:
1950s
Period:
Showa era
Description:
From a set of print sample albums issued Daikokuya, Tokyo publisher. Volumes 1-17 of "Panels", each volume with (originally) 12 prints by various artists (some prints now removed or missing). Paper label attached to the cover of each volumes, inscribed in ink: "Panels."
The volumes are each numbered on the cover label with a rubberstamped number identifying the volume number. However, the prints are numbered consectutively through the whole set of volumes: 1 through 204. Again, this number is rubberstamped on the volume page above the print.
Inscriptions:
Paper label attached to the cover, inscribed in ink: "Panels."
Numbered on the cover label with a rubberstamped: 11
Pg. 121
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: KOSON 38 [within
circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 121
Pg. 122
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: OKYO
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 122
Pg. 123
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 123
Pg. 124
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 124
Pg. 125
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 50 copies 106 [within
circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 125
Pg. 126
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 66 [within circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 126
Pg. 127
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 50 copies 40 [within
circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 127
Pg. 128
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 69 [within circle]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 128
Pg. 129
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 129
Pg. 130
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 130
Pg. 131
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 100 copies 42 [within
circle] 59 [within circle but crossed out]
Rubber-stamped on album page above print: 131
Pg. 132
Written on album page above print, most probably by Robert Muller: 25 copies wanted 64
[within circle]
[within circle]
Provenance:
To 2003
Robert O. Muller
From 2003
National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution by gift from Robert O. Muller [1]
Notes:
[1] Accessioned on December 6, 2003. See Acquisition Consideration Form, in object file. From 2003-2023, the object was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.
