Clock and Beauty, no. IV (Tokei to bijin, IV)

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Artist Ito Shinsui(Japanese, 1898–1972)Japanese, 1898–1972

Commissioner Hotta Watchmakers(established 1879)established 1879

Publisher Watanabe Shōzaburō(Japanese, 1885–1962)Japanese, 1885–1962

CultureJapanese

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Clock and Beauty, no. IV (Tokei to bijin, IV)

Datepublished 1964

MediumWoodblock print on Japanese paper

DimensionsSheet: 14 5/8 × 11 1/8 in. (37.1 × 28.3 cm)
Block: 13 3/8 × 10 1/4 in. (34 × 26 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nanako and Dale Tingleaf

Object number2018.207

Non exposé

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Asian Art

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ProvenanceGermany; [Scholten Japanese Art, New York City]; purchased by MFAH.
Exhibition History“Mirror Mirror: Reflecting Beauty in Japanese Prints and Paintings," Scholten Japanese Art, New York, March 15–24, 2018.
Published References References: Blair, Dorothy. 1936. Modern Japanese Prints: Woodblock Prints by Ten Artists: The Work of the Past Five Years, Toledo Museum of Art Brown, Kendall H. 2001. “Flowers of Taisho: Images of Women in Japanese Society and Art, 1915-1935,” Taisho Chic: Japanese Modernity, Nostalgia, and Deco Hamada Taiji and Hosono Masanobu, Ito Shinsui zenshu, 1981-1982, volume 4, color plate 8 and page 83 (painting) Hamanaka, Shinji, and Amy Reigle Newland. 2000. The female image: 20th century prints of Japanese beauties. Leiden: Hotei. Amy Reigle Newland, and Hamanaka Shinji, The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties, 2000, p. 83, no. 101 Putney, Carolyn M., Kendall H. Brown, Shūko Koyama, Paul Binnie, and Brian P. Kennedy. 2013. Fresh impressions: early modern Japanese prints. Tadasu Watanabe, Ito Shinsui: All The Woodblock Prints, 1992, p. 216, no. 147 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Artist signature printed in black ink "深水" at right center

Artist seal in red "深" (relief / 朱文印) at right center

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