
The insistent lover, from an untitled series of erotic prints
Sugimura Jihei · c. 1684/98
Provenance
Ownership history
- Carl Schraubstadter (1862–1947), New York. Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 12, 1935.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Ukiyoe Prints and Paintings: The Primitive Period, 1680-1745 at the Art Institute of Chicago from Nov. 6-Dec. 26, 1971
Literature
Published references
- Asano Shugo, Hishikawa Moronobu to ukiyoe no reimei (2008), p. 156, no. 20; Ukiyoe shuka 4 (AIC 1, 1979), p. 213, no. 1; Horioka Tomoaki, "Sugimura Jihei ron," in Ukiyo-e Geijutsu (1974) vol. 40, no. 35; Jenkins, Ukiyoe Prints and Paintings: The Primitive Period, 1680-1745 (1971), no. 26
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