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Study in Japanese Costume

An advocate for the pastel medium and a leading proponent of japoniste subject matter (employing authentic Japanese costumes and other such details), Robert Blum here combined these interests in a suggestive study of a model wrapped in a voluminous kimono. The freedom with which he described the costume is all the more striking in juxtaposition with the more closely patterned, striated touches he employed in rendering the head.


• Artist: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903
• Medium: Pastel on thick paper with a mauve/gray textured ground, mounted to paperboard and attached to a wooden strainer
• Dates: ca. 1890-1892
• Dimensions: 28 5/16 x 22 3/8 in. (71.9 x 56.8 cm) Framed: 31 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (79.1 x 64.1 cm)
• Collections: American Art
• Museum Location: This item is not on view
• Accession Number: 11.524
• Credit Line: Gift of Henrietta Haller
• Image: Overall, 11.524_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903). Study in Japanese Costume, ca. 1890-1892. Pastel on thick paper with a mauve/gray textured ground, mounted to paperboard and attached to a wooden strainer, 28 5/16 x 22 3/8 in. (71.9 x 56.8 cm) Framed: 31 1/8 x 25 1/4 in. (79.1 x 64.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Henrietta Haller, 11.524 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 11.524_PS2.jpg)