Carp

Object Details

• Artist

  Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉 (1790-1848)

• Provenance

  To ?

  Henri Vever (18541-1942), Paris, France. [1]

  To ?

  Richard Kruml, London, England. [2]

  To 2013

  Dr. John Fuegi and Jo Francis. [3]

  From 2013

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dr. John Fuegi and Jo Francis. [4]

  Notes:

  [1] There is a small HV seal of the French jeweler Henri Vever on the print. See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] See note 2. The print was gifted to the museum in 2013, and then it was transferred from the Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection to the Permanent Collection in 2014. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art (March 8 to September 14, 2014)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Richard Kruml

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Dr. John Fuegi

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of John Fuegi and Jo Francis

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Kruml, Richard, Vever, Henri, Fuegi, John

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Late Edo period (1716 - 1868), Art, Carp, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints