Butterfly
Denji Noma, Japanese, 1935 - 2005
1964
Color etching on wove paper
Artist's proof
Sheet: 15 × 22 1/4 in. (38.1 × 56.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.965.26
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right: Denji Noma '64; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: MURASAKI (BATS FLY); center: ARTIST'S PROOF
Provenance
Elise Grilli (1906-1969), New York; sold to present collection, 1965.
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