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A Flight of Butterflies

1979 (original 1904)
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Flight of Butterflies
  • Artist: Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942)
  • Artist: Modern calligraphy by George Laws (American, active 1979)
  • Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Publisher: Thames and Hudson
  • Date: 1979 (original 1904)
  • Medium: Photographic facsimile
  • Dimensions: 9 15/16 × 7 1/4 in. (25.2 × 18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Bradford D. Kelleher, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.615
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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