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Woman Spinning Silk by Katsushika Hokusai — VisualArtsDB

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Woman Spinning Silk

Woman Spinning Silk

Woman Spinning Silk

Katsushika Hokusai

1790

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 33 3/4 × 12 5/16 in. (85.8 × 31.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 67 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (171 × 31.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 67 5/16 × 19 1/8 in. (171 × 48.5 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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