River Landscape
Original Language Title江戸時代 久隅守景画 山水図 紙本墨画淡彩
Artist
Kusumi Morikage
(Japanese, ca. 1620 - 1690)
DateEdo period (1615-1868)
MediumHanging scroll; ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 37 3/8 × 22 inches (94.93 × 55.88 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.
Object number81-27/31
Signedl.l. corner: "Morikage hitsu"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionAngular, lithic mountain fragments composed in a large, single zig-zag occupy left two-thirds of picture. Right is open, beginning with a fore- and middle-ground expanse of water that gives way to a wall of distant mist. Outline brush stroke is rather broad and soft, given the intent to depict angular forms; light and dark washes lend a dramatic activity to the composition.ProvenanceMakita Tamaki, Tokyo [1];
With N. V. Hammer, Inc., New York, no. P861, by November 8, 1966;
Purchased from N. V. Hammer, Inc. by Karen Dean Bunting (1912-1981), Shawnee Mission, KS, November 8, 1966-1981 [2];
Her bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.
NOTES:
[1] According to N. V. Hammer’s invoice, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
[2] Ibid.
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