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Woman at Toilette

1868

Felice Beato

Associated Names

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

The image shows a woman sitting on the floor in a room. She is wrapped in a garment, her shoulder is partially exposed. Her hair is styled in a bun with an accessory. She is looking at her reflection in a round mirror on a stand in front of her. She is wearing a light-colored checkered kimono. In front of her is a box with items and a teapot on a small stove. The floor has a woven texture and the backdrop is a plain curtain or wall.

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Artwork overview

Medium

albumen silver print with applied color
Credit Line

Gift of Ken and Kiyo Hitch in memory of Harry Lunn, Jr.
Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to image): 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
page size: 35 x 48 cm (13 3/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

1999.37.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Harry H. Lunn, Jr., Washington, DC); Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Hitch, Clifton, VA, by 1983; gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

Japan: Photographs, 1854-1905, Japan House Gallery, New York, 1979.

Bibliography

1979

Worswick, Clark. Japan: Photographs, 1854-1905. Exh. cat. Japan House Gallery. New York, 1979: p. 17.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower right in graphite: Red [?]

Wikidata ID

Q64147533

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