Landscape to City: 20th Century Japanese Prints Part II
Landscape to City: 20th Century Japanese Prints Part II
Lot Closed
May 10, 02:44 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ito Sozan (1884-?)
Two woodblock prints
Showa period, 20th century
each a woodblock print, signed and sealed Sozan, published by Watanabe Shozaburo, circa 1920, and comprising:
- White egret on a branch of willow
- Peacock on a brunch of plum blossom
Each vertical otanzaku:
37.8 x 16.6 cm., 14⅞ x 6½ in. (the first)
38 x 16.6 cm., 15 x 6½ in. (the second)
For a similar impression of the first print in the collection of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (The AGGV), object number 2010.004.003, go to:
https://aggv.ca/emuseum/objects/13736/white-egret?ctx=030e16ae5f5698b743d204f2a0bb5f8e80dae5d4&idx=1
For a similar impression of the second print also in the AGGV, object number 2010.004.005, go to:
https://aggv.ca/emuseum/objects/13415/peacock?ctx=030e16ae5f5698b743d204f2a0bb5f8e80dae5d4&idx=2