Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)

Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820) | Two geisha rehearsing a song | Edo period, 18th century

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Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)

Kitao Shigemasa (1739-1820)

Two geisha rehearsing a song

Edo period, 18^th century

woodblock print, from an untitled series, unsigned, circa late 1770s, depicting two geisha practicing music, the singer with her head in profile kneeling with an open songbook in hand, her companion tuning her shamisen; with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram

Vertical oban: 36.9 x 25.4 cm., 14½ 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 46.

Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 1, no.217.

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