Cleveland Museum of Art
Falcon on a Willow
Isoda KoryūsaiLinkedCulture matchlcp-e1286e4bc9aa
- Date
- c. 1780
- Medium
- color woodblock print with hand coloring; stonerubbing technique (ishizuri-e)
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 152547
The technique here is marked by white lines and areas set against a dark background. Damp paper was placed on a carved wooden block and pressed into the engraved incisions. The paper was then hand colored, the sunken areas remaining white and appearing in reserve against the colored background. The effect is meant to resemble a stone rubbing, a traditional technique in China used to reproduce and preserve images on monuments on paper.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
- Provenance
- ?-1942: Henri Vever [1854–1942], France | March 26, 1974: (Sotheby & Co., London, UK, March 26, 1974, part I, lot 88) | 1974-1979: John R. Gaines | May 23-25, 1979: (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, May 23-25, 1979, lot 464, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) | 1979-1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1985-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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