PREPARATORY DRAWINGS
Details
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Edo Period (Late 18th to mid 19th Century)
Preparatory Drawings
Kunisada: a beautiful woman seated reading, from the Genji Shell series, chapter 9, signed Kochoro Kunisada ga; attributed to Kuniyoshi: a man carrying a backpack in which another man is concealed who is about to strike, a small sketch attached; a fan shaped drawing, with three books superimposed upon one another each with a portrait of a person; attributed to Yoshiiku: a man stabbing a woman on the deck of a boat, details in red, a drawing possibly for a series of the Twenty-eight Murders; attributed to Hokuba: a man and a young boy with gourds, a poem above
The smallest: 27 x 19cm. and the largest 39 x 27cm. (5)
Preparatory Drawings
Kunisada: a beautiful woman seated reading, from the Genji Shell series, chapter 9, signed Kochoro Kunisada ga; attributed to Kuniyoshi: a man carrying a backpack in which another man is concealed who is about to strike, a small sketch attached; a fan shaped drawing, with three books superimposed upon one another each with a portrait of a person; attributed to Yoshiiku: a man stabbing a woman on the deck of a boat, details in red, a drawing possibly for a series of the Twenty-eight Murders; attributed to Hokuba: a man and a young boy with gourds, a poem above
The smallest: 27 x 19cm. and the largest 39 x 27cm. (5)
Provenance
The second with a collectors seal
Special notice
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Sale room notice
Please note the Kuniyoshi drawing is from the Schiewe Collection and the drawing attributed to Hokuba from the Succo Collection.