Kim Junkeun (FL. Late 19th century)

Wedding banquet

Details

Kim Junkeun (FL. Late 19th century)
Wedding banquet
Sealed Kisan and labelled in ink in hangul, Silrang sinbu chorae hanuen moyang (bride and groom at wedding)
Ink and color on paper, framed
9¼ x 14 15/16in. (23.5 x 38cm.)

Provenance

Estate of Baroness Thea Von Theilheimer Shenk, Palm Beach, Florida

Lot Essay

Kim Junkeun was a genre painter of the late 19th century well known for his portrayals of Korean popular culture. For an album by Kim Junkeun in the collection of the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Hamburg, see Ahn Hwi-joon, Pungsuckhwa (Genre painting), Hanguk eui mi (Korea's beauty), vol.19 (Seoul: Joong-ang Ilbo sa, 1985), pls. 163, 164 and figs. 26, 30, 31.

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