Eikō Ikeda
Young Girl with a German Shepherd

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Artist Eikō Ikeda(Japanese, 1901–1992)Japanese, 1901–1992

CultureJapanese

Titles

Young Girl with a German Shepherd

Date1934

MediumTwo-panel screen with ink, mineral, metallic, and oil colors, and gofun on silk

Dimensions68 3/4 × 81 1/2 × 1 in. (174.6 × 207 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nanako and Dale Tingleaf

Object number2019.25

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

107M Masterson Gallery

On view

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

MISCELLANEOUS

ProvenancePrivate Collection, Japan; [Erik Thomsen Asian Art, by 2017]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed and dated in black sumi ink and artist seal in red ink, lower left corner of left panel: 昭和九年秋 / 池田榮廣筆 (Showa Kyunan aki / Ikeda Eikō hitsu)

Shōwa kyū nen aki (Showa 9 [1934] Autumn)
Ikeda Eikoh hitsu (painted by Ikeda Eikoh)

Signed at lower right: Shōwa kunen aki Ikeda Eikō hitsu 昭和九年秋池田榮廣筆 (Painted by Ikeda Eikō in the autumn of 1934); seal: Eikō 榮廣

Beneath the signature is a red artist’s seal, reading “Eikoh”

Dealer's paper sticker, verso upper right edge, on lacquer frame: Erik Thomsen Asian Art New York

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