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Clock and Beauty, no. IV

A work made of color woodblock print with white pigment around earring applied through a stencil.

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  • A work made of color woodblock print with white pigment around earring applied through a stencil.

Date:

1964

Artist:

Ito Shinsui
Japanese, 1898-1972

About this artwork

This print is part of a series of four that Itô Shinsui designed for Hotta Watchmakers, each showing a woman and a timepiece from a different era. The earliest is set in the Edo period (1615–1868) while the last print in the series (displayed here) depicts a woman from the 1950s with a trendy hairstyle wearing an equally fashionable full skirt and beret.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Ito Shinsui

Title

Clock and Beauty, no. IV

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1959–1969

Medium

Color woodblock print with white pigment around earring applied through a stencil

Dimensions

37 × 28.5 cm (14 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. and Nathalie C. Gookin Endowment

Reference Number

1998.425

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