Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is an ink painting by the Impressionist artist Hashimoto Gahō. It dates from 1887 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- 14.76.61.55
- Credit line
- Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914
About this work
Subject & Meaning
As a landscape created in Japan during the late 19th century, the composition centers on the mountainous terrain.
Hashimoto Gahō's 1887 album leaf, Untitled, is a landscape painting depicting a mountain. Executed in ink and color on silk, the work focuses on this natural formation as its primary subject. As a landscape created in Japan during the late 19th century, the composition centers on the mountainous terrain.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the work, which measures 35.6 cm in height and 25.4 cm in width. The imagery is defined by the mountain subject within the landscape tradition, without additional iconographic or symbolic elements noted in the available records.
Technique & Style
This 1887 painting by Hashimoto Gahō is executed as an album leaf in ink and color on silk, a traditional East Asian format suited to intimate viewing and portable collections. The relatively modest dimensions, approximately 35.6 by 25.4 centimeters, align with the album-leaf convention, in which compact compositions are designed to be contemplated one at a time. The silk support, paired with ink and pigment, allowed for delicate tonal modulation and subtle washes characteristic of Japanese landscape painting.
The work is classified as a landscape depicting a mountain, situating it within the ink-and-color tradition associated with Gahō's training and the Kanō-school lineage he inherited.
History & Provenance
Created in 1887 in Japan, this album leaf was executed by Hashimoto Gahō in ink and color on silk. The work depicts a mountainous landscape and measures 35.6 cm in height by 25.4 cm in width. The specific commissioning patron and the ownership chain prior to its current location are not detailed in the available records.
It is now held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, classified as a painting within the landscape genre. Its precise accession number is not listed in the available documentation, and no exhibition record appears in the cited sources.
Context
The 1887 work by Hashimoto Gahō is a landscape painting in ink and color on silk, measuring 35.6 × 25.4 cm. Its subject, a mountain, places it within the tradition of Japanese landscape imagery and reflects the artist's engagement with Meiji-era painting. The piece is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, underscoring its place in the study of modern Japanese painting.
Overview
Hashimoto Gahō's Untitled, created around 1887, is an intimate landscape rendered with ink and color on silk. This small painting, intended as an album leaf, presents a solitary mountain emerging from a veil of mist. The work exemplifies Gahō's approach to traditional Japanese subject matter during a period of significant artistic change.
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