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
Not on view
Description5-Color woodcut on paper

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.).

2000
Clinton, NY. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “Selections from the Permanent Collection,” June 1 – August 10, 2000.
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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