Accession Number
2011/2.39

Title
Aoi Cho (Blue Butterfly)

Artist(s)
Nakayama Tadashi

Object Creation Date
1978

Medium & Support
color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
6 3/4 in. x 13 3/4 in. ( 17.15 cm x 34.93 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Sheila and Ronnie Cresswell

Physical Description
A girl with her head and body in profile and she is looking at a half blue and half white butterfly. Her hair is decorated with abstract designs and her shirt is tan with rows of white and brown dots. There is a smaller green and blue butterfly toward the bottom of the print.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
blue colors
butterflies (general)
color prints (prints)
girls
profiles (figures)