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.