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Monkeys in Trees

Sesshû Tôyô (Japanese, 1420–1506)

17th–18th century

Medium/TechniqueOne from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper

Dimensions160.6 x 353.2 cm (63 1/4 x 139 1/16 in.)

Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection

Accession number11.4141

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Asia

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of the Kii branch of the Tokugawa family, acquired by Ernest F. Fenollosa during his residence in Japan from 1878-1886. In 1886, the Fenollosa Collection was purchased by Charles Goddard Weld and bequeathed to the Museum upon his death in 1911.