2013.58: Rooster and Grapevine

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

hanging scroll, painting

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.

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