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画狂老人帖
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Album of drawings: Gakyôrôjin chô
画狂老人帖
Katsushika Ôi (Japanese, active about 1818–after 1854)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Color on paper (two drawings); ink on paper (ten drawings)
Dimensions
35.8 × 32.9 cm (14 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9330
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.