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The Elopement (parody of Akutagawa episode from "Tales of Ise")
Suzuki Harunobu · c. 1767
Provenance
Ownership history
- Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853–1908), Boston; by descent to his wife, Sidney McCall (1865–1954; born Mary McNeill, also Mary McNeil Fenollosa), Boston, 1908; sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago, 1909; by descent to his sisters Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870–1920) and Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chiba, Japan, Chiba City Museum of Art, "Suzuki Harunobu" 14 September-20 October 2002; traveled to Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi 2 November-8 December 2002.
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