Gibbon

Object Details

• Artist

  Shugetsu (1440?-1529)

• Description

  This painting shows a monkey reaching upward into the void from the branch where he sits.

• Inscriptions

  One seal of the artist.

• Provenance

  To 1996

  Mary Vincent, Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Charles Linwood Vincent, Washington, DC, purchased in the United States [1]

  From 1996

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary Vincent, Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Charles Linwood Vincent, Washington, DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See Acquisition Consideration Form, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Linwood Vincent

  Mary Vincent

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary Keetch and Charles L. Vincent

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1520s, 1400s

• Name

  Vincent, Charles Linwood, Vincent, Mary

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Muromachi period (1333 - 1573), Animals, Japanese Art, Monkeys, Kakemono

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings