Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966)

Gyoryu (Ichthyosaur)

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Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966)
Gyoryu (Ichthyosaur)
Signed Ryushi and sealed
Ink, color, gold and silver on silk
261/8 x 341/8in. (66.4 x 86.7cm.)
Painted circa 1930
Certification on wood panel titled, signed and sealed by the artist; certificate on verso titled, signed and sealed by the artist's daughter, Kawabata Kimiko

Isochidori (Sea plovers)
Signed Ryushi and sealed Ryu
Ink, color and gold on silk
18 x 225/8in. (45.7 x 57.5cm.)
Painted circa 1955-65
Certification on wood panel titled, signed and sealed by the artist

Kaki (Persimmons)
Signed Ryushi and sealed with butterfly emblem
Ink and color on silk
271/8 x 183/8in. (53 x 72cm.)
Painted circa 1945-55
Certification on wood panel titled, signed and sealed by the artist (3)

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Kawabata Ryushi sakuhinshu (Collected works of Kawabata Ryushi) (Privately published, n.d.), pls. 2, 31 and 42, respectively.

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