1937.87: Before the Mirror
PrintsA woman's face is in profile as we look over her right shoulder from slightly above. She’s fair skinned with pink parted lips and thick black hair arranged on her head with small combs. We see tips of her left fingers in the back as she adjusts her hair. The kimono has a decorative white dot pattern on its red collar, and a black and white sash across her waist. The background is neutral tan color with similar colored swirls all around. Calligraphy and dark red artist seals are stamped in the upper left.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.87
- People
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Itō Shinsui, Japanese (Tokyo 1898 - 1972)
- Title
- Before the Mirror
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Taikyō
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1916
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Taishō era, 1912-1926
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/206426
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- block: 43.3 x 28.3 cm (17 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: (printed) Shinsui
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Edition
- 130/150
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
- Accession Year
- 1937
- Object Number
- 1937.87
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
Verification Level
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