Artwork Details
10-3/8 in.
DynastyGiven in memory of Louise Russell Bybee
CopyrightAsian Art (Chinese and other Asian)
Color Palette(Yamanaka & Co., New York); {1} sold to Ruth Bybee Murphy, nee Milliken (Mrs. George A.) [b. about 1913], New York and Washington, Connecticut in 1932 or 1933; {2} "Given in Memory of Louise Russell Bybee" to Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1972 (72.150.2). {3} {1} For information on Yamanaka & Co., see Thomas Lawton, "Yamanaka Sadajir?: Advocate for Asian Art," Orientations 26, January 1995, 80-93. Here it states the Yamanaka New York gallery was open from 1895 to 1944. {2} For information on the Murphy family, see George A. Murphy's obituary in the New York Times, 4 December 2003. {3} Louise Russell Bybee is the maternal aunt of Ruth Bybee Murphy. For information on ancestry of Louise Russell Bybee, see Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, volume 43, Washington, D.C. 1916, no. 42877. IMA Temporary Receipt No. 9761.
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