Artist | Henry Somm (François Clément Sommier), French, Rouen 1844–Paris 1907 |
Title, Date | Japanese Gentleman with a Western Umbrella, c. 1880 |
Medium | Watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink and touches of gum glazing on white wove paper |
Dimensions | 8 3/16 × 6 1/8 in. (20.8 × 15.6 cm) |
Inscriptions + Marks | Lower right in black ink: M. Somm |
Provenance | Elizabeth Menon-Mix, Indianapolis; her gift to Yvonne and Gabriel Weisberg, Minneapolis |
Exhibition History | "Expanding the Boundaries: Selected Drawings from the Yvonne and Gabriel P. Weisberg Collection," Mia (2008) and Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, Ind. (2010); "Reflections on Reality: Drawings and Paintings from the Weisberg Collection," Mia, 2022–23 |
References | Lisa Dickinson Michaux with Gabriel P. Weisberg, "Expanding the Boundaries: Selected Drawings from the Yvonne and Gabriel P. Weisberg Collection" (exh. cat.), Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, 2008), pp. 56–58, fig. 34 |
Credit Line | Promised gift of Gabriel P. and Yvonne M.L. Weisberg, Minneapolis |