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Cranes and chrysanthemums

Object Details

Provenance
To 1903
Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris, to 1903 [1]
From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the sale of the Charles Gillot Collection, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, through Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka & Company), in 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Screen List, pg. 24, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] After his death in 1903, a sale of Asian art belonging to French artist Charles Gillot took place in February 1904 at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka & Company) attended the sale and annotated the sales catalogue (which is now in the Freer and Sackler Library) on Charles Lang Freer's behalf (see F1904.46, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 11, 2001, in the object record). Also, see note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Charles Gillot (1853-1903) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Tawaraya Sotatsu 俵屋宗達 (fl. ca. 1600-1643)
Date
1568-1868
Period
Momoyama or Edo period
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Ink and green tint on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 171 x 376.3 cm (67 5/16 x 148 1/8 in)
Type
Painting
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