Leaping Carp

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Photo by John Bentham.
Leaping Carp
Photo by John Bentham.
Date1910-1920
MediumSigned color woodblock print on paper
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (34.9 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number2024.1.4
On view
DescriptionDepicts a carp leaping from the water

Additional Details

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 Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Markings Seal stamp in red ink lower left corner: Koson
Signature Signed in ink at upper right: [Kanji]
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right: F-1

Black ink characters in lower left corner: Koson signature
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© Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton …
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