Chiura Obata

Before Singing (Madame Talia Savanieva)
1930

A traditional profile portrait of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and decorative earrings, wearing a colorful garment with intricate patterns. The artwork has an aged paper background and includes an artist's seal in red on the bottom right.
A traditional profile portrait of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and decorative earrings, wearing a colorful garment with intricate patterns. The artwork has an aged paper background and includes an artist's seal in red on the bottom right.

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Date
1930

Classification
Prints

Medium
Color woodcut

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 7/8 × 13 3/16in. (45.4 × 33.5 cm) Image: 15 5/8 × 11in. (39.7 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
2022.178

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist's estate

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/65682

Chiura Obata
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