Woman in a Japanese Costume

Robert Frederick Blum

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

This drawing combines two of Robert Blum’s artistic interests: Japanese culture and the pastel medium. Like many American and European artists of the late nineteenth century, he incorporated the motifs and aesthetic principles of Japanese art in his work—a phenomenon known as japonisme. Here he captured the intricate folds and patterns of the model’s kimono with soft, feathery strokes of pastel. One contemporary critic compared the sensuous surfaces of Blum’s pastels to “the down on the peach.”

Caption

Robert Frederick Blum American, 1857–1903. Woman in a Japanese Costume, ca. 1890–1892. Pastel on thick paper with a mauve/gray textured ground, mounted to paperboard and attached to a wooden strainer, 28 5/16 x 22 3/8 in. (71.9 x 56.8 cm) frame: 31 1/4 × 25 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (79.4 × 64.1 × 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Henrietta Haller, 11.525. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 11.525_PS2.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Woman in a Japanese Costume

Date

ca. 1890–1892

Medium

Pastel on thick paper with a mauve/gray textured ground, mounted to paperboard and attached to a wooden strainer

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

28 5/16 x 22 3/8 in. (71.9 x 56.8 cm) frame: 31 1/4 × 25 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (79.4 × 64.1 × 6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Henrietta Haller

Accession Number

11.525

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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