Morita Hideharu (20th Century) Shokei (A short break), ca. 1937
Sealed Hideharu
Ink, color and gold on paper, framed and glazed
71 5/8 x 44 5/8in. (182 x 113.5cm.)
Provenance
Hosokawa Rikizo Colection
Meguro Gajoen Museum of Art, Tokyo
Exhibited
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, "Nihon gakai tenrankai" (Nihon gakai Exhibition), 1937.4.9-4.30
PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue of Nihon gakai tenrankai, 1937.
Hosono Masanobu et al., Kindai no bijinga: Meguro Gajoen Korekushon/Paintings of Japanese Beauties at the Turn of the Century (Kyoto: Kyoto shoin, 1988), pl. 468.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Lot Essay
Morita studied under Ito Shinsui and won prizes in Shin Bunten exhibitions in 1939, 1941 and 1942.
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