Pine Tree
Artist
Tatebayashi Kagei
(Japanese, active 1740 - 1750)
DateEdo period (1615-1868)
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall (with knobs): 80 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (203.53 × 54.31 cm)
Overall (without knobs): 80 1/8 × 19 5/8 inches (203.53 × 49.86 cm)
Part (painting): 47 3/8 × 17 1/8 inches (120.33 × 43.5 cm)
Overall (without knobs): 80 1/8 × 19 5/8 inches (203.53 × 49.86 cm)
Part (painting): 47 3/8 × 17 1/8 inches (120.33 × 43.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object number81-27/34
Signedl.r.: Kagei
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionSingle, stark pine trunk rises along the right, vertical edge, interrupted at the top by blank areas representing mist; trunk and branches treated in Rimpa-style puddled and streaked brown and black; flat, rounded clumps of pine boughts in bright, heavy green are placed dramatically above and below in two principal groups.ProvenanceWith N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, no. P107, by January 10, 1962;
Purchased from N. V. Hammer, Inc. by Karen Dean Bunting (1912-1981), Mission Hills, KS, January 10, 1962-1981 [1];
Her bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
NOTES:
[1] N. V. Hammer’s invoice is in the Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
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Iwasa Matabei
Edo period (1615-1868)
81-27/33
