Robert Frederick Blum
American, 1857–1903
Opening Scene of Japanese Parliament
1890
| Medium | brush and black ink and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over pencil on paper |
| Dimensions | Overall: 12 7/16 x 11 1/16 in. (31.6 x 28.1 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.1561 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Robert Frederick Blum, Opening Scene of Japanese Parliament, 1890, brush and black ink and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over pencil on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1561
Select Bibliography
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964.
Brooke, David S., Rafael Fernandez, and Beth Carver Wees. Three Cheers for the Twenty-Fifth. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1980.
Provenance
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York; Robert Sterling Clark.