About the Artwork
Eggplants and Poem
between 1600 and 1650
Unkoku Toeki
1591-1644
Japanese
Unknown
Ink on paper
Overall: 39 inches × 20 3/4 inches (99.1 × 52.7 cm) Image: 9 1/8 × 13 3/8 inches (23.2 × 34 cm) Installed: 40 inches × 20 3/4 inches × 1 inches (101.6 × 52.7 × 2.5 cm)
Paintings
Asian Art
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
65.365
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, upper center, in ink, a poem: [translated: Who picks up the eggplant? | They look like violet flowers gathering dew around them as if sashes.]
Stamps, in red, upper left: [seals] Stamp, in red, left of inscription: [seal]
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
1965-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Unkoku Toeki, Eggplants and Poem, between 1600 and 1650, ink on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, 65.365.
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