Book illustration (facsimile reproduction): Courtesan

Object Details

• Artist

  Copy after Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 (1671-1751)

• Provenance

  To ?

  Hepper Collection. [1]

  To 2009

  Charles H.W. Verbeck (1932-2009), Washington, DC [2]

  From 2009 to 2010

  Estate of Charles H.W. Verbeck. [3]

  From 2010

  Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Charles H.W. Verbeck. [4]

  Notes:

  [1] According to a pencil mark on the mat, the print previously belonged to the Hepper collection. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

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

  [3] See object record.

  [4] See Acquisition Consideration Study Collection Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hepper Collection

  Charles H.W. Verbeck (1932-2009)

  Estate of Charles H.W. Verbeck

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Charles H.W. Verbeck

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1950s, 1850s

• Name

  Hepper Collection, Estate of Charles H.W. Verbeck, Verbeck, Charles H.W.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Reproduction, Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art, Courtesan, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Charles H. W. Verbeck collection

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints