Ancient City Nara

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Ancient City Nara
Ancient City Nara
Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1907 - 1997)
Date1957
MediumColor woodblock on paper
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 in. × 18 in. (34.9 × 45.7 cm) Sheet: 16 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (41.3 × 51.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923
Object number1984.300
On view
Description5-Color woodcut on paper
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance Gift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923, 1984
Signature Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Kiyoshi Saito 1957
Inscribed Entitled and editioned in pencil at lower left: Ancient City Nara 19/200; entitled in pencil at lower left: [Japanese text]; annotated in pencil on verso at lower left: Sept. 57-25 SAITO, KIYOSHI 5cW.
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