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Airan no koi (Airan and Her Carp)


靉蘭の鯉
Takei Takeo (Japanese, 1894–1983)
Japanese
Shôwa era
November 8, 1978

Medium/Technique Gold foil stencil, clamshell box
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 12.7 cm (5 11/16 x 5 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number2007.142
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné "Takei Takeo: Hanga to kanpon sakuhin-ten," Riccar Museum exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, 1984
Signed Signed by the artist: Takei Takeo
武井武雄
ProvenancePrior to November 2005, 102 of the 113 volumes were purchased by a bookseller from a private collector, Japan; November 2005, purchased by Charles Vilnis, Boston, from the bookseller in Osaka, Japan; Spring 2006, remaining 11 volumes purchased at two shops in Tokyo, Japan; 2007, 113 volumes offered for purchase to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by Charles Vilnis.