The Big Snowman
Kitao Shigemasa · c. 1764
Provenance
Ownership history
- James A. Michener (1907–1999) and Mari Sabusawa Michener (1920–1994), Pipersville, PA and Austin, TX; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
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