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Frederick M. Meinertzhagen
Mermanmid-20th century

Not on view
Small wood netsuke carving of a monkey-fish hybrid creature with a coiled fish tail forming a circular loop at the base, warm chestnut brown tone

Frederick M. Meinertzhagen, Merman, mid-20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Frederick M. Meinertzhagen
England, 1881-1962
Title
Merman
Place Made
England
Date Made
mid-20th century
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
3 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in. (7.6 x 4.7 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.209
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
  • Goodall, Hollis, Virginia G. Atchley, Neil K. Davey, Christine Drosse, Sebastian Izzard, Odile Madden, and Robert T. Singer. The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc.; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003.
  • Atchley, Virginia G. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.3 (1985): 12-15.
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