Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)
| Title | Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses) |
|---|---|
| Artist | Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815) |
| Date | 1784 18th century |
| Medium | color woodblock print |
| Classification | |
| Origin | Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) Japan |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses), 1784. Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith, 1985.330 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)” is a work by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815), dated 1784. It is executed in color woodblock print and classified as print. In this archive it sits within the mineralogy & geology tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Dated to 1784. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Browse more public-domain art from Japan.
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