KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
2 More
Property from a French Private Collection
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Kanagawa oki nami ura (La Grande Vague de Kanagawa) [“La Vague”]

Details
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Kanagawa oki nami ura (La Grande Vague de Kanagawa) [“La Vague”]
Estampe de la série Fugaku sanjurokkei (Les trente-six vues du Mont Fuji), signée Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, publiée par Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo).
Dimensions : 25,9 x 37,4 cm. (10 ¼ x 14 ¾ in.)
Provenance
The following names appear as pencil inscriptions on the reverse and are believed to record the early provenance of the work:
Vanderbroeck, 1890, Belgium;
Edmond Michotte (1831–1914), by 1894, Belgium;
Jacques Tasset (1868–1945), Belgium;
Adolphe Wansart (1873–1954), Belgium;
George Baltus (1874–1967), Belgium.

Felix Tikotin (1893–1986), whose seal appears on the reverse.
Private collection, Switzerland.
Christie's London, 7 November 2007, lot 783.
French private collection.
Further Details
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa) [“Great Wave”]
Woodblock print, from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji), signed Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)

Brought to you by

Tiphaine Nicoul
Tiphaine Nicoul Head of department

More from Art d'Asie

View All
View All