Comb

145 works by 23 artists

145 works featuring “Comb” by 23 artists, from the 16th to the 20th century, held in 32 museums.

Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night, Kitagawa Utamaro

Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night, c. 1797.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Mother and Child, from the series "New Patterns dyed in Five Colors (Shingata goshiki zome)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Mother and Child, from the series "New Patterns dyed in Five Colors (Shingata goshiki zome)", c. 1803.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyōbō), from the series A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tōsei onna fūzoku tsū), Kitagawa Utamaro

A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyōbō), from the series A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tōsei onna fūzoku tsū), c. 1801–1802.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Tajima Province, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)", Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Tajima Province, from the series "Modern Scenes of the Provinces in Edo Brocades (Edo nishiki imayo kuni zukushi)", 1852.

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Girl with a Comb in Her Hair, Kazimir Malevitch

Girl with a Comb in Her Hair, 1932–1933.

Девушка с гребнем в волосах (museum title)

Kazimir Malevitch (Russian), oil on canvas

Tretyakov Gallery, Russia

Fondness for Children, from the series Eight Views of Present-Day Favorites, Kitagawa Utamaro

Fondness for Children, from the series Eight Views of Present-Day Favorites, 19th century.

當世好物八景・子供好 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Beauty and Attendant on New Year’s Day, from the series “Pleasures for Beauties on the Five Festival Days" ("Bijin gosetsu no asobi"), Kitagawa Utamaro

Beauty and Attendant on New Year’s Day, from the series “Pleasures for Beauties on the Five Festival Days" ("Bijin gosetsu no asobi"), c. 1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Marthe et Marie-Madeleine, Caravaggio

Marthe et Marie-Madeleine, 1598.

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Detroit Institute of Arts, United States

Kakogawa Konami, Oboshi Rikiya and the Maidservant Suki, (Kakogawa Konami, Oboshi Rikiya, gejo Suki) from the series "Models of Love Talk: Clouds Form Over the Moon (Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo) ", Kitagawa Utamaro

Kakogawa Konami, Oboshi Rikiya and the Maidservant Suki, (Kakogawa Konami, Oboshi Rikiya, gejo Suki) from the series "Models of Love Talk: Clouds Form Over the Moon (Chiwa kagami tsuki no murakumo) ", c. 1798–1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Susanna and the Elders, Le Tintoret

Susanna and the Elders, c. 1555–1556.

Suzanne et les Vieillards (museum title)

Le Tintoret (Italian), oil on canvas

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

In the Heather, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

In the Heather, 1896.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Chrysanthemum Festival in the Ninth Month, from an untitled pentaptych of the five festivals, Kitagawa Utamaro

The Chrysanthemum Festival in the Ninth Month, from an untitled pentaptych of the five festivals, c. 1803.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Barber, Monographie dessinée de l'Indochine

Barber, 1938.

Coiffeur (museum title)

Monographie dessinée de l'Indochine, print on paper

Cernuschi Museum, France

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū), Kitagawa Utamaro

Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū), 1801.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Young Girls, Amrita Sher-Gil

Young Girls, 1932.

Amrita Sher-Gil (Indian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India

"Komurasaki of the Tamaya" from the Series "Courtesans for the Six Poetic Sages", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Komurasaki of the Tamaya" from the Series "Courtesans for the Six Poetic Sages", 19th century.

遊女見立六歌仙・玉屋小紫喜撰法師 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

Jeune Espagnole, Henri Matisse

Jeune Espagnole, 1921.

Henri Matisse (French), oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, France

Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net, Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net, c. 1798.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Koharu and Jihei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Koharu and Jihei, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", c. 1798–1799.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", c. 1798–1799.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Courtesans Hanaōgi and Takigawa of the Ōgiya House, Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesans Hanaōgi and Takigawa of the Ōgiya House, c. 1805.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

The Courtesan Ichikawa of the Matsubaya in Edo-machi Itchome, with her Child Attendants Tamamo and Mitsumo, Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Ichikawa of the Matsubaya in Edo-machi Itchome, with her Child Attendants Tamamo and Mitsumo, c. 1803.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, Kitagawa Utamaro

Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, c. 1801–1802.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Minneapolis Institute of Art, United States

Likes Enjoying Herself (Tanoshimizuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Likes Enjoying Herself (Tanoshimizuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)", c. 1801.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

"Mirror" from the Series "Kintarō and a Mountain Witch", Kitagawa Utamaro

"Mirror" from the Series "Kintarō and a Mountain Witch", 19th century.

山姥と金太郎・鏡 (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

“The Precocious Girl”from the Series "Variegations of Blooms According to their Speech", Kitagawa Utamaro

“The Precocious Girl”from the Series "Variegations of Blooms According to their Speech", 19th century.

咲分ヶ言葉の花・おちやつぴい (museum title)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Tokyo National Museum, Japan

The Courtesan Yosooi of the Matsubaya, Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Yosooi of the Matsubaya, c. 1799.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties, Kitagawa Utamaro

Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties, c. 1798.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", c. 1798–1799.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami"), Kitagawa Utamaro

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami"), c. 1797–1798.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, from the series "Courtesans of the Five Festivals (Yukun gosekku)", Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, from the series "Courtesans of the Five Festivals (Yukun gosekku)", c. 1805.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Handsome Pork-Butcher, Francis Picabia

The Handsome Pork-Butcher, c. 1924–1935.

The Handsome Pork-Butcher (Le Beau Charcutier) (museum title)

Francis Picabia (French), oil on canvas with plastic and bone combs

Tate, United Kingdom

絵になる最初, Takeuchi Seihō

絵になる最初, 1913.

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink and color on silk

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan

Bathing on a Summer Evening, Félix Vallotton

Bathing on a Summer Evening, 1892–1893.

Bain au soir d'été (museum title)

Félix Vallotton (Swiss), oil on canvas

Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

La Coiffure, Edgar Degas

La Coiffure, 1896.

Edgar Degas (French)

National Gallery, United Kingdom

The Seventh Hour of the Night, Kitagawa Utamaro

The Seventh Hour of the Night, c. 1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Mother Teaching her Daughter Calligraphy, from the series, Twelve Occupations of Women, Kitagawa Utamaro

Mother Teaching her Daughter Calligraphy, from the series, Twelve Occupations of Women, c. 1798.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Hour of the Tiger [4 am], Courtesan (Tora no koku, keisei), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Hour of the Tiger [4 am], Courtesan (Tora no koku, keisei), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)", c. 1798–1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Woman with Roses, Gustave Caillebotte

The Woman with Roses, 1884.

Gustave Caillebotte (French), oil on canvas

Chimei Museum, Taïwan

The Toilet of Bathsheba, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Toilet of Bathsheba, 1643.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume joruri)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Turning a Shamisen (Shamisen no nejime), from the series "Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today (Tosei musume joruri)", c. 1804.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi), Kitagawa Utamaro

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi), c. 1801.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

アレ夕立に, Takeuchi Seihō

アレ夕立に, 1909.

Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese), ink, color, gold and mica on silk, hanging scroll

Takashimaya Historical Museum, Japan

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase", Kitagawa Utamaro

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase", c. 1801.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Nude with Mirror (Gypsy Woman), Max Beckmann

Nude with Mirror (Gypsy Woman), 1928.

Akt mit Spiegel (Zigeunerin) (museum title)

Max Beckmann (German), oil on canvas

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors, Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors, c. 1800.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Hairdresser, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Hairdresser, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)", c. 1798–1799.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Karen Margrethe Borch, C.W. Eckersberg

Karen Margrethe Borch, 1837.

C.W. Eckersberg (Danish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

Ohan and Choemon, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", Kitagawa Utamaro

Ohan and Choemon, from the series "Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)", c. 1798–1799.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles, Kitagawa Utamaro

Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles, c. 1797.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese), colour woodcut on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States