Bull and Elephant

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Bull and Elephant

Alternate Title: 黒白図屏風

Japan, 18th century
Paintings; screens
Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold wash on paper
Image (Elephant) (a): 61 1/4 × 142 1/2 in. (155.58 × 361.95 cm) Mount ((Elephant) (a): 67 × 147 1/2 in. (170.18 × 374.65 cm) Image (Bull) (b): 61 1/4 × 142 1/2 in. (155.58 × 361.95 cm) Mount (Bull) (b): 66 7/8 × 147 1/2 in. (169.86 × 374.65 cm)
Gift of Etsuko and Joe Price Collection (M.2024.42.1a-b)
Japanese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Lineage of Eccentrics: the Miraculous World of Edo Painting. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992,  vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
  • Lineage of Eccentrics: the Miraculous World of Edo Painting. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992,  vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
  • Guth, Christine.  Art of Edo Japan: The Artist and the City 1615-1868.  New York, NY:  Harry N. Abrams,  1996.
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