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Daibutsu, Great Bronze Statue of Buddha at Kamakura, Japan

Henry Roderick Newman

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Newman made one trip to Japan in 1896–97. This meticulously painted view of the famed bronze statue of Buddha at Kamakura is one of a number of watercolors he completed in 1898 that were inspired by his stay in Japan.

Caption

Henry Roderick Newman (American, 1843–1917). Daibutsu, Great Bronze Statue of Buddha at Kamakura, Japan, 1898. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm) frame: 27 × 21 × 2 1/2 in. (68.6 × 53.3 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alfred T. White, 07.270. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Collection

American Art

Title

Daibutsu, Great Bronze Statue of Buddha at Kamakura, Japan

Date

1898

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm) frame: 27 × 21 × 2 1/2 in. (68.6 × 53.3 × 6.4 cm)

Signatures

Signed, dated, and inscribed lower left: "H R Newman / Kamakura / 1898"

Credit Line

Gift of Alfred T. White

Accession Number

07.270

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Artists and makers

Henry Roderick Newman

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