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Collections

Itō Shinsui
Eyebrow PencilJanuary 1928

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
Japanese woodblock print of a woman in strict profile, bare-backed with hair pinned up, applying cosmetics before a lacquered stand against a flat crimson background

Itō Shinsui, Eyebrow Pencil, January 1928, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Carl Holmes, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Itō Shinsui
Japan, 1898-1972
Title
Eyebrow Pencil
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
January 1928
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 10 9/16 × 14 15/16 in. (26.83 × 37.94 cm) Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 13/16 in. (28.89 × 40.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Holmes
Accession Number
M.71.100.108
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kuwayama, George. Japanese Prints of the 19th Century. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972.
  • 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