Kayama Matazo (b. 1927) Kanrin guncho (Flock of birds in a winter forest)
Signed Matazo
Ink and color on paper
35¾ x 46in. (90.8 x 116.9cm.)
1960
Certificate on verso titled, signed and sealed by the artist; along with label from the Janet Nessler Gallery, Inc., New York and another label signed by the artist in Roman script authenticating the painting
Lot Essay
For a similar painting of Flocking Crows dated 1959 see Matazo Kayama (Sandy Hook, Ct. and Rutland, Vt.: Shorewood Fine Art Books and Charles E. Tuttle, 1990), pl. 80.