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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.58
People
Unknown Artist
Traditionally attributed to Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲, Japanese (Kyoto 1716 - 1800)
Title
Rooster and Grapevine
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting, hanging scroll
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211958

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
painting proper: H. 109.1 x W. 38.4 cm (42 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.)
mounting, inlcuding suspension core and roller ends: H. 200.7 x W. 57.4 cm (79 x 22 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Taku Matano, Randen, by 1916, sold; to Choku (Tadashi) Kurita (1916-?). Hughes Le Gallais, Washington DC. (until 1943), sold; to Louis V. Ledoux Collection, New York (1943-1948), by descent; to his son L. Pierre Ledoux, New York (1948-2001), by inheritance; to his widow Joan F. Ledoux, New York, (2001-2013), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013.

Footnotes:
1. Taku Matano (Randen, 1839–1921), director of the Imperial Museum
2. Huges Le Gallais, Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Minister, Washington DC, 1940-1958
3. Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948)
4. L. Pierre Ledoux (1912-2001)
5. On long term loan to Harvard Art Museums from 1981 to 2013.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Louis V. Ledoux Collection; Gift of Mrs. L. Pierre Ledoux in memory of her husband
Accession Year
2013
Object Number
2013.58
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Executed in plain black ink on paper, this painting in hanging scroll format depicts a long-tailed rooster and fruiting grapevine. Seemingly stepping forward toward the viewer, with its left leg raised mid-step, the rooster turns its head to its right (viewer’s left) with beak opened, as if emitting a cry. Behind the rooster, a fruiting grapevine at the upper right of the composition, with stems and foliage rendered in washes of light gray and grapes in darker black ink, includes an arching branch that stretches leftward, mimicking the curve of the rooster’s dark tail. Two square red intaglio seal appear in the lower right corner of the painting.

Verification Level

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