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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
The Pond
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by John Bentham. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1894 - 1965)
Publisher (active New York, c.1950 – c.1973)
Date1957
MediumWoodblock print on handmade Japanese paper
DimensionsComposition: 18 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (47.9 × 33.3 cm) Sheet: 23 1/4 × 17 5/8 in. (59.1 × 44.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923
Object number1984.174
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Elbert Lenrow;
prior to 1984: Elbert Lenrow, acquired by subscription from International Graphic Arts Society.
Signature Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Hide Kawanishi / [kanji characters] 1957
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower left: KAWANISHI, HIDE (1894- ). The Pond (6W0-May '57.; entitled in pencil at lower left: The Pond [kanji characters]; editioned in pencil at lower right: 21/200
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