Rooster 雄鶏

Object Details

• Artist

  Suda Kokuta 須田剋太 (1906-1990)

• Provenance

  ?-2015

  Shibunkaku Group 思文閣 , Kyoto, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  2015-2021

  Mary and Cheney Cowles, purchased from Shibunkaku Group 思文閣 [2]

  From 2021

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See provenance documentation prepared by Mary and Cheney Cowles, August 2021, copy in object file.

  [2] See note 1. Purchased on September 15, 2015.

  [3] Accessioned on December 22, 2021. See Acquisition Consideration Form, in object file.

  Research Completed January 25, 2022

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Shibunkaku 思文閣

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Painting

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• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Shibunkaku, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings