Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

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

Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) | A courtesan standing on an engawa (veranda) | Edo period, 18th century

Lot Closed

July 21, 01:03 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

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

Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770)

A courtesan standing on an engawa (veranda)

Edo period, 18th century


woodblock print, embellished with embossing, signed Harunobu ga (Pictured by Harunobu), circa 1767-68, depicting a courtesan standing on a veranda (engawa), outside a room with a party, the silhouettes of revelers visible through the paper shoji; with collector’s seal H.V., with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram


Vertical chuban: 28.4 x 21.5 cm., 11⅛ x 8½ in.

Henri Vever (1854-1942)

Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 17.

Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 1, no. 121. 
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