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Eyebrow Pencil by Ito Shinsui — VisualArtsDB

Eyebrow Pencil

Eyebrow Pencil

1928

Medium: Color woodblock print
Dimensions: 27.9 × 39.9 cm (11 × 15 3/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

About

This print—one of Itô Shinsui’s bestsellers—depicts an actress applying her makeup before going on stage, high-lighting her unselfconscious absorption.

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