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Itō Shinsui
Before a ThunderstormMarch 1920

Not on view
Vertical Japanese woodblock print of tall green-leafed stalks with red seed heads rising above a lush field, beneath a stormy gray sky

Itō Shinsui, Before a Thunderstorm, March 1920, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Carl Holmes, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Itō Shinsui
Japan, 1898-1972
Title
Before a Thunderstorm
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
March 1920
Period
Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 11 7/8 × 8 7/16 in. (30.16 × 21.43 cm) Sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 5/8 in. (33.18 × 24.45 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Holmes
Accession Number
M.71.100.109
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kendall H. Brown, Hollis Goodall-Cristante. Shin-hanga: New Prints in Modern Japan. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Seattle, Wash. : in association with University of Washington Press, 1996.
Copyright
© Ito Shinsui Estate