Rain Sound VIII
2023
Artists
Description
A large square woodblock print depicting a woman in a yellow shirt facing frontally, her expression blank. Her body is large in proportion to her head, on top of which rests a gray wolf with its legs outstretched. The light-yellow background contains abstract flora motifs.
Dimensions
image: H. 91.1 × W. 91.1 cm (35 7/8 x 35 7/8 in.) sheet: H. 100.4 × W. 100.7 cm (39 1/2 × 39 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Artist Kawamura Sayaka, Tokyo (2023-2024), sold; to [The Tolman Collection, Tokyo (2025)], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums.
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