Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790) | The courtesan Shioginu of the Tsutaya house (Tsutaya uchi Shioginu) | Edo period, 18th century
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July 21, 01:08 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Isoda Koryusai (1735-1790)
The courtesan Shioginu of the Tsutaya house (Tsutaya uchi Shioginu)
Edo period, 18th century
woodblock print, from the series Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo), signed Koryu ga (Pictured by Koryu) and kakihan [cursive monogram], published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1777-78; with collectors' seals Hayashi and H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Vertical oban: 38.1 x 25.5 cm., 15 x 10 in.
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 38.
Pari Beberu korekushon ukiyo-e meisaku 300 senten (300 Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), exh. cat., (Tokyo, 1975), no. 76.
Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 1, no. 191.
Pari Beberu korekushon, ukiyo-e meisaku 300 senten (300 Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Vever Collection), exhibited at the following venues:
Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 4th - 15th January 1975
Hanshin Department Store, Osaka, 6th - 18th February 1975
Sogo Department Store, Hiroshima, 21st - 26th April 1975