Sparrows and Bamboo
Artist
Unknown
Artist After
Kanô Masanobu
(Japanese, 1434 - 1530)
Date19th-20th century
MediumHanging scroll; ink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 48 × 24 1/8 inches (121.92 × 61.28 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object number81-27/27
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionIrregular damage from abrasion and cracking over much of the surface; paper intentionally tinted grey to conceal damage; loosely articulated clumps of bamboo leaves done forcefully with a rather stiff-worn brush and without a sense of formula, which leands an air of spontaniety to the picture; composition based on dispersing clumps rather than on tight integration; gradated ink tones from cluster to cluster as well as within a single clump establish depth and a feeling of a heavy, misty atmosphere.ProvenanceWith Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo, by 1966;
Purchased from Mayuyama & Co. by Karen Dean Bunting (1912-1981), Shawnee Mission, KS, before October 31, 1966-1981 [1];
Her bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
NOTES:
[1] Undated object documentation on Mayuyama letterhead, listing three scrolls Bunting acquired at the same time, is in the Nelson-Atkins curatorial files. A letter to Bunting from Howard C. Hollis, dated October 31, 1966, discusses a scroll in Bunting’s collection that is included in the Mayuyama documentation, thus this scroll must also have been in Bunting’s collection before October 31, 1966.
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