Cuttlefish
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Fan painting mounted as an album page: ink on paper
DATES
late 18th century
PERIOD
Edo Period
DIMENSIONS
mount: 10 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (26 × 49.5 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2020.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Fan-shaped painting (no indication of folding) depicting a cuttlefish laid out as one would see it at a fishmonger. There is no indication of setting or even a ground line. The animal is depicted in loose, watery link with the artist's signature and seal above.
Object arrived framed.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799). Cuttlefish, late 18th century. Fan painting mounted as an album page: ink on paper, mount: 10 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (26 × 49.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2020.2 (Photo: , CUR.2020.2_view01.jpg)
IMAGE
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