Giant gingko tree 大公孫樹

Object Details

• Artist

  Ogawa Senyo 小川千甕 (1882-1971)

• Provenance

  ?

  Tomita Ushiho in Mikawa Nishio, Aichi, Japan 冨田うしほ (愛知県三河西尾), method of acquisition unknown [1]

  ?-2018

  Hoshino Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, method of acquisition unknown [2]

  From 2018

  Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA purchased from Hoshino Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, in Japan [3]

  Notes :

  [1] This is from the NMAA provenance data sheet, copy in object file. The dates of ownership are unknown.

  [2] Hoshino Gallery, Kyoto, Japan is an art gallery.

  [3] The invoice from Hoshino Gallery, Kyoto, Japan is dated June 13, 2018, copy in object file. Mary and Cheney Cowles made the purchase on July 3, 2018, according to their recollection.

  Research Completed May 10, 2024

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ushiho Tomita

  Hoshino Gallery

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1930s

• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Tomita, Ushiho, Hoshino Gallery, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings