Rampu (Lamp)

Artist/Maker Senpan Maekawa (Japanese, 1888 – 1960)

Date1959

MediumColor woodcut on paper

DimensionsComposition: 15 1/8 in. × 11 in. (15 1/8 in., 27.9 cm) Sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (16 1/4 × 12 1/4 in.)

Credit LineTransferred from Student Loan Collection

Object number2002.40

Not on view

Description8-Color woodcut depicting a girl holding an oil lamp.

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Provenance Transferred from Student Loan Collection

Published References James Michener, "The Modern Japanese Print, An Appreciation," 1959.

Signature Recto, lower right (pencil): "Senpan Maekawa"

Inscribed Recto, lower right (pencil): "185/510"

Antonio da Trento

Date: c. 1527-1531

Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (pale green and black)

Object number: 1992.24

Salvador De Aulestia

Date: 1958

Medium: Color woodcut

Object number: 1984.61

Date: 6th-8th century

Medium: Terracotta

Object number: 2015.6.49