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Collections

Nagasawa Rosetsu
Bull and Elephant18th century

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Artist or Maker
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Japan, 1754-1799
Title
Bull and Elephant
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold wash on paper
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
Gift of Etsuko and Joe Price Collection
Accession Number
M.2024.42.1a-b
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Lineage of Eccentrics: the Miraculous World of Edo Painting. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019.