Trapeze Act

The Art Institute of Chicago records Trapeze Act as a 1928 work by an artist catalogued under the name Kuniyoshi. The Art Institute's collection record is the authoritative source for this sheet and includes details about medium, dimensions, and acquisition. The image presents the subject named in its title, a moment of aerial circus performance, treated as a single focused composition. Because the museum record offers limited descriptive context beyond title, date, and accession information, additional interpretive claims about the print's narrative, technique, or intent are not made here. Visitors interested in studying the work directly can consult the Art Institute of Chicago's online catalogue entry, which provides the most reliable basis for further research, alongside any associated curatorial notes or scholarly literature held by the museum library. Researchers comparing this sheet to Edo-period Japanese ukiyo-e — including the warrior prints of Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861), one of the great late-Edo designers — should note that the recorded date of 1928 falls well outside the Edo ukiyo-e tradition, and the Art Institute's record should be checked carefully for attribution. As a documented holding in a major American museum, the sheet contributes to our understanding of how works under the Kuniyoshi name circulated in twentieth-century collections, and the Art Institute's record remains the appropriate primary reference for anyone wishing to study or cite it.