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Unclogging the eye: Matisse, the ‘Joy of life’ and ‘Japonisme’
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1222–1229
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Author:
Holland, Nicole M. (Holland, Nicole M.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Stein, Gertrude / Stein, Leo / Barnes, Albert C.
dates:
1900-1909
styles:
Fauvism
subjects:
French painting / Japanese prints / Japonisme / Collecting
works:
Matisse, Henri / Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1864
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. La Japonaise: woman beside the water, Collioure, by Henri Matisse. 1905. Oil and pencil on canvas, 35 by 28 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; Photo Scala Florence; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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2. Joy of life, by Henri Matisse. 1905–06. Oil on canvas, 176.5 by 240.7 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; Bridgeman Images; Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
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3. French painter Henri Matisse at his home, villa ‘Le Rêve’, by Henri Cartier-Bresson. February 1944. Photograph. (© Henri Cartier-Bresson; Magnum Photos).
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4. Paris: les bouquinistes, le long des quais, by Yvon. c.1945. Photograph, 22.2 by 27.3 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Luxe, calme et volupté, by Henri Matisse. 1904. Oil on canvas, 98 by 112 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS, London; RMN-Grand Palais; Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France).
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6. Memorial portrait of Utagawa Kunisada, by Kunisada II (Toyokuni IV). 1865. Colour woodblock print, 37.2 by 25.4 cm. (Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Bridgeman Images).
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7. Goten’yama, from the series One hundred beautiful women at famous places in Edo, by Utagawa Kunisada. 1858. Ink and colour on paper, 37 by 25.1 cm. (Tokyo Metro Library).
Attributed works:
8. The dessert: harmony in red (the red room), by Henri Matisse. 1908. Oil on canvas, 180 by 220 cm. (© Succession H. Matisse; DACS London; State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Exhibition Review
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 67-69
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Reviewer:
Tinios, Ellis (Tinios, Ellis)
Subjects
artists:
Hokusai, Katsushika
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
British Museum, Dept. of Prints and Drawings, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Japanese art / Drawings / Japanese prints
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything British Museum, London 30th September 2021– 30th January 2022 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Phoenix and peacock, from the series Banmotsu ehon daizen zu (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything), by Hokusai. 1820s–1840s. Ink on paper mounted on card, 10.5 by 15.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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15. Frontispiece: ‘India, China’, from the series Banmotsu ehon daizen zu (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything), by Hokusai. 1820s–1840s. Ink on paper mounted on card, 10.5 by 15.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
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16. Inhabitants of the Land of Tall People, Land of Short People and Land of Longarmed People, from the series Banmotsu ehon daizen zu (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything), by Hokusai. 1820s–1840s. Ink on paper mounted on card, 10.5 by 15.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
Van Gogh and Japan. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 490-492
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Reviewer:
Adler, Kathleen (Adler, Kathleen)
Subjects
art literature:
Zola, Emile / Goncourt, Edmond de / Gogh, Theo van, 1857-1891
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van / Hokusai, Katsushika / Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858 / Eisen, Keisai
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan / National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
places:
Netherlands / Amsterdam / Japan / Tokyo
places:
Kyoto / Sapporo
subjects:
Dutch painting / Japonisme / Influence / Collecting / Meiji art, Japan / Landscapes (visual works) / Self-portraits / Japanese prints
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Undergrowth with two figures, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Canvas, 49.5 by 99.7 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
2. Bridge in the rain (after Hiroshige), by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Canvas, 73.3 by 53.8 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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3. Courtesan (after Eisen), by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Canvas, 100.7 by 60.7 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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4. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Canvas, 61.5 by 50.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Exhibition Review
Shunga
01/2014 | 1330 | 156
Pages: 41-42
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Reviewer:
Forrer, Matthi (Forrer, Matthi)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Japanese prints / Woodcuts / Eroticism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. Mountains of dyed colours: patterns for the bedroom, by Okumura Masanobu. c. 1740. Woodblock print on paper with hand-colouring, 24.1 by 37.6 cm. (Matsuba Foundation, London; exh. British Museum, London).
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46. Handscroll for the sleeve, by Torii Kiyonaga. 1785. Woodblock print on paper, 12.7 by 66.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
47. Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, from Utamakura (Poem of the pillow), by Kitagawa Utamaro. 1788. Woodblock print on paper, 27.1 by 37.8 cm. (Uragami Mitsuru collection, Tokyo; exh. British Museum, London).
Book Review
Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty
01/2009 | 1270 | 151
Pages: 39-40
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Reviewer:
Haft, Alfred (Haft, Alfred)
Subjects
artists:
Kitagawa Utamaro
dates:
1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789 / 1790-1799 / 1800-1809
print:
Kitagawa Utamaro
subjects:
Japanese prints / Woodcuts
subjects:
Printmakers / Japanese
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty | author: Davis, Julie Nelson
Illustrations
Attributed works:
39. Girls on the seashore at Ise, by Kitagawa Utamaro. Late eighteenth century.Woodblock nishiki-e print on paper, 21 by 17.8 cm. (British Museum, London)
Short Notice
Gustave Caillebotte's Oblique Perspective: A New Source for 'Le Pont de l'Europe'
11/1994 | 1100 | 136
Pages: 759-762
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Author:
Lightstone, Rosanne H. (Lightstone, Rosanne H.)
Subjects
artists:
Caillebotte, Gustave
artists:
Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858
dates:
1850-1899
places:
France / Japan
subjects:
French painting / Visual sources
subjects:
Japanese prints / Sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. Le Pont de l'Europe, by Gustave Caillebotte. 1876. 125 by 180 cm. (Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva).
Attributed works:
30. Cotton Goods Lane, Odemma-Cho, by Utagawa Hiroshige. 1958. Woodblock Print, 34 by 23 cm. (The Brooklyn Museum, New York).
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31. Sketch for Le Pont de l'Europe, by Gustave Caillebotte. 1876. 54 by 73 cm. (Private Collection, Paris). Courtesy of Brame & Lorenceau.
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32. Architectural and Perspectival Study for Le Pont de l'Europe, by Gustave Caillebotte. c.1876. Pencil and Ink on Tracing Paper, 12.4 by 16.4 cm. (Private Collection, Paris). Courtesy of Brame & Lorenceau.
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33. Architectural and Perspectival Study for Le Pont de l'Europe, by Gustave Caillebotte. c.1876. Pencil and Ink on Wrapping Paper, 16 by 19 cm. (Private Collection, Paris). Courtesy of Brame & Lorenceau.
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34. Man in a Top Hat, by Martial Caillebotte. c.1876. Photograph. (Private Collection, Paris). Courtesy of Brame & Lorenceau.
Attributed works:
35. Striding Man in a Top Hat, by Gustave Caillebotte. c.1876. Pencil, 53.7 by 19.7 cm. (Private Collection, Paris). Courtesy of Brame & Lorenceau.
Book Review
Hokusai: One Hundred Poets
06/1991 | 1059 | 133
Pages: 393-394
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Reviewer:
Screech, Timon (Screech, Timon; Screech, T. B. M.)
Subjects
artists:
Hokusai, Katsushika
dates:
1750-1849
places:
Japan
subjects:
Japanese prints
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Hokusai: One Hundred Poets | author: Morse, Peter
Article
Eishi Prints in Whistler's Studio? Eighteenth-Century Japanese Prints in the West before 1870
12/1986 | 1005 | 128
Pages: 873-880
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Author:
Watanabe, Toshio (Watanabe, Toshio)
Subjects
artists:
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
artists:
Hosoda Eishi
dates:
1800-1899
dates:
1700-1799
places:
England / Japan
subjects:
British painting / American painting (United States of America) / Visual sources
subjects:
Japanese prints
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks, by James McNeill Whistler. Signed and Dated 1864. 91.5 by 61.5 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art, John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia).
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13. Ōgiya Hanaōgi from the Series Seirō bijin rokkasen (Six Select Beauties from the Green House), by Eishi. 1794. Colour Woodcut. Ōban Size.
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14. Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room, by James McNeill Whistler. 1860-61. 95.5 by 70.8 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. (Acc. no.17.234)).
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15. Itsuhana from the Series Seirō geisha sen (Select Geishas from the Green House), by Eishi. c. 1794-95. Colour Woodcut. Ōban Size.
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16. Sumidagawa Ōgiya no zashiki (Ōgiya at the Sumida River) Right-Hand Panel, by Eishi. c. 1790-92. Triptych. Colour Woodcut. Ōban Size.
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17. La princesse du pays de la porcelaine, by James McNeill Whistler. 1863-64. 199.9 by 116.1 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. (Acc. no. 03.91)).
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18. Sumidagawa Ōgiya no zashiki (Ōgiya at the Sumida River) Centre Panel, by Eishi. c. 1790-92. Triptych. Colour Woodcut. Ōban Size.
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19. Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony, by James McNeill Whistler. 1863/4. 61.4 by 48.8 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. (Acc. no.92.23)).
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20. Chi (Wisdom) from the Series Fūryū jin gi rei chi shin (Five Refined Beauties in the Guise of Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom and Sincerity), by Toyokuni. c. 1794-95. Colour Woodcut. Ōban Size. (City Art Gallery, Bristol).
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21. Symphony in White and Red, by James McNeill Whistler. 1868. 46.8 by 61.9 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. (Acc. no. 03.177)).
Attributed works:
22. Niwa no yukimi (Admiring the Snowbound Garden), by Kiyonaga. c. 1790. Diptych. Colour Woodcut. Ōban Size. (Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest).
Book Review
The Art of Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
06/1986 | 999 | 128
Pages: 442
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Reviewer:
Robinson, B. W. (Robinson, B. W.; Robinson, Basil William; R., B. W.)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Chester Beatty, Alfred
dates:
1800-1899
museums and institutions:
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
places:
Japan / Ireland
subjects:
Collections, Private / Japanese prints / Prints / Catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art of Surimono: Privately Published Japanese Woodblock Prints and Books in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin | author: Keyes, Roger
Book Review
Kuniyoshi: The Warrior Prints
05/1984 | 974 | 126
Pages: 302-303
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Reviewer:
Hillier, Jack (Hillier, Jack; Hillier, J.)
Subjects
artists:
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo
dates:
1800-1899
places:
Japan
subjects:
Japanese painting / Japanese prints
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kuniyoshi: The Warrior Prints | author: Robinson, B. W.
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