About the Artwork
Grapevine
ca. 1769
Shiba Kokan
1747-1818
Japanese
Unknown
Ink and color paint on silk
Overall: 58 3/4 × 15 7/8 inches (149.2 × 40.3 cm) Image: 27 inches × 10 1/16 inches (68.6 × 25.6 cm) Installed: 59 3/4 × 15 7/8 × 3/4 inches (151.8 × 40.3 × 1.9 cm)
Paintings
Asian Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon R. Dietrich
79.27
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, lower right: Kokan Kungaku.
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Stamps, in red, following signature: [two seals]
Provenance
private collection (Japan). (Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan)
purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Simeon R. Dietrich
1979-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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French, C. Shiba Kokan: Artist, Innovator, and Pioneer in Westernization of Japan. Tokyo, 1974, p. 23 (ill. plate 15).
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Shiba Kokan, Grapevine, ca. 1769, ink and color paint on silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon R. Dietrich, 79.27.
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