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Three Men Looking at Framed Lacquer Drawing

Shibata Zeshin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gold-colored artwork with two sections. Top section shows a landscape drawing on a beige background in a thin black frame. The drawing shows a rocky cliff on the right and a bridge on the left with a grassy slope between. The frame overlaps a tan mat. The mat has a red object centered on it. The bottom section reveals the backs of three men looking at the drawing. The man on the left is wearing red. The man in the middle wears a green striped garment. The man on the right wears red and black stripes. The background behind the three men appears gold and textured like paper. The entire artwork is bordered by a beige mat with a dotted texture. The artist's signature appears on the left of the bottom section in black and red. The image is titled "Three Men Looking at Framed Lacquer Drawing by Shibata Zeshin".

Artwork details

Medium:
Album leaf; lacquer on gold paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
470 × 625 px
Museum record:
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