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Itō Shinsui
Backstage1955

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Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a patterned black-and-yellow kimono seen from behind, holding a mirror and applying rouge, her face visible in reflection

Itō Shinsui, Backstage, 1955, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Tachiko Oi, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Itō Shinsui
Japan, 1898-1972
Title
Backstage
Date Made
1955
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 17 11/16 × 13 1/8 in. (44.93 × 33.34 cm) Sheet: 18 11/16 × 13 13/16 in. (47.47 × 35.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Tachiko Oi
Accession Number
M.2009.170.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Copyright
© Ito Shinsui Estate

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