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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2024.66
People
Yoshida Chizuko 吉田千鶴子, Japanese (Yokohama, Japan 1924 - 2017 Tokyo, Japan)
Title
Butterfly B
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1953
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Shōwa era, 1926-1989
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/383955

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
vertical ōban: H. 41 × W. 27 cm (16 1/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): Bottom left, title (in English, in pencil): Butterfly B

    Bottom right, signature (in latin characters): Chizuko Yoshida

    Botton right, signature, printed? (in Kanji): 千鶴子 [Chizuko]

    Back, invoice number from Scholten, in pencil: C-3790

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Yoshida Family Collection, Japan, (by 2023), sold; to [Scholten Japanese Art, New York, NY (by 2023)], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2024.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Copyright
© Chizuko Yoshida
Accession Year
2024
Object Number
2024.66
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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