Clock and Beauty, no. IV
WW-1959-090583
1959·Color woodblock print with white pigment around earring applied through a stencil·37 × 28.5 cm (14 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
<p>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.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1959
- Dimensions
- 37 × 28.5 cm (14 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1959
- Dimensions
- 37 × 28.5 cm (14 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1959-090583
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified