Water Buffalo and Waterfall
Yokoyama Taikan
(Japanese, 1868–1958)
about 1900–10
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; ink and light color on silk
DimensionsImage: 110.2 x 41.7 cm (43 3/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Francis Gardner Curtis
Accession number41.498
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ProvenanceProbably acquired directly from the artist by Francis Gardner Curtis (b. 1868 - d. 1915), Boston [see note]; to his widow, Mary Winchester Barnard Curtis (b. 1871 - d. 1956), Boston; 1941, gift of Mrs. Curtis to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 6, 1941)
NOTE: Francis Gardner Curtis probably purchased the painting from the artist either while traveling and studying in Japan between 1898 and 1902, or in Boston around 1904/1905.
NOTE: Francis Gardner Curtis probably purchased the painting from the artist either while traveling and studying in Japan between 1898 and 1902, or in Boston around 1904/1905.
