Two Beauties
late 1700s-early 1800s
Kitao Shigemasa
Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1819)
Japanese Art
Two Beauties, late 1700s-early 1800s. Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1819). Hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk; painting only: 104.8 x 15.5 cm (41 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.); including mounting: 175.3 x 32.7 cm (69 x 12 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.274
- Maker/Artist
- Kitao Shigemasa
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting only: 104.8 x 15.5 cm (41 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.); Including mounting: 175.3 x 32.7 cm (69 x 12 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: artist's signature and seal, lower right corner. Poem inscribed on upper section of scroll.
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1985.274
- Credit Line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Exhibitions
- A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection, <em>Visions of Japan: Prints and Paintings from Cleveland Collections</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 12, 2004-April 10, 2005).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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