An Interrupted Embrace

Provenance

Thomas E. Waggaman (1839–1906), New York; sold, American Art Galleries, New York, Jan. 25–Feb. 3, 1905, to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago; by descent to his sister, Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

An Interrupted Embrace

Sugimura Jihei

c. 1685

Accession Number

140939

Medium

Hand-colored woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e

Dimensions

27 × 37.8 cm (10 5/8 × 14 7/8 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection