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Urushibara Mokuchū
Messina, Life Among the Ruins (Castle Ruins)circa 1910

Not on view
Horizontal print with loose ink and color washes depicting ruined buildings and a crowd of silhouetted figures on a sun-lit street, flanked by dark cypress trees

Urushibara Mokuchū, Sir Frank Brangwyn, Messina, Life Among the Ruins (Castle Ruins), circa 1910, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Urushibara Mokuchū
Japan, 1889-1953
Artist or Maker
Sir Frank Brangwyn
Belgium, Bruges, active England, 1867-1956
Title
Messina, Life Among the Ruins (Castle Ruins)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1910
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/16 x 13 5/16 in. (25.6 x 33.9 cm); Paper: 11 1/2 x 14 15/16 in. (29.2 x 38.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda
Accession Number
M.73.37.366
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate