Niijuku Ferry, No. 93 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Here, Chaim Soutine’s expressive flowers, luminous against the dark background, reflect the influence of the artists he most admired: Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, and Gustave Courbet. He made ten paintings of gladioli, perhaps drawn to these flowers because they were the color of blood, a substance depicted in many of his still lifes of dead animals. A critic in 1926 found blood an apt metaphor for Soutine’s painterly and emotional force: “His work looks to me like a hemorrhage. Before rendering his soul, the artist spits up all his blood. And each spurt gives birth to a new vision, singularly intense, tragic, and painful.”
Soutine struggled in poverty after arriving in Paris in 1913 from Russia (present-day Belarus). His fortunes changed in 1922, when the American collector Albert Barnes bought fifty-two of his paintings, likely including this one. Barnes gave the work to his wife, Laura, who in turn bequeathed it to the Brooklyn Museum.
Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797–1858. Niijuku Ferry, No. 93 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 2nd month of 1857. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.93. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 30.1478.93_PS20.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Niijuku Ferry, No. 93 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date
2nd month of 1857
Period
Edo Period, Ansei Era
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Woodblock print
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige-ga
Markings
Publisher: Shitaya Uo Ei. Date and censor seal at top margin.
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Ferris
Accession Number
30.1478.93
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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