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Property from the Collection of Max Palevsky
Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)
Geisha and her Maid with Shamisen, c. 1765-70
Details
Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)
Geisha and her Maid with Shamisen, c. 1765-70
Woodcut of a geisha mounting the stairway to the upper storey of a house turning to address her attendant, who stands with her shamisen, unsigned--very good impression, gauffrage, slightly faded and soiled, stained along left edge, corner nicks, glue size residue on verso
chuban tate-e: 11 1/16 x 8 3/8in. (28.1 x 21.1cm.)
Geisha and her Maid with Shamisen, c. 1765-70
Woodcut of a geisha mounting the stairway to the upper storey of a house turning to address her attendant, who stands with her shamisen, unsigned--very good impression, gauffrage, slightly faded and soiled, stained along left edge, corner nicks, glue size residue on verso
chuban tate-e: 11 1/16 x 8 3/8in. (28.1 x 21.1cm.)
Provenance
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris (red seal lower left)
Henri Vever (1854-1943), Paris (red seal lower right)
Henri Vever (1854-1943), Paris (red seal lower right)
Literature
Pari Beberu korekushon, ukiyoe meisaku 300 senten 300 Masterpieces from the Vever Collection of Ukiyo-e Prints, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Nihon Keizai shinbunsha, 1975), no. 64.
Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part III, 24 March 1977, lot 35.
Sotheby's, New York, Japanese Prints and Illustrated Books, 13 December 1990, lot 453.
Sotheby's, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part III, 24 March 1977, lot 35.
Sotheby's, New York, Japanese Prints and Illustrated Books, 13 December 1990, lot 453.
Exhibited
"Ukiyoe meisaku 300 senten 300 Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection," shown at the following venues:
Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 1975.1.4-15
Hanshin Department Store, Osaka, 1975.2.6-18
Sogo Department Store, Hiroshima, 1975.4.21-26
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Fashion Plates: Kimono in Japanese Prints," 1992.9.25-12.8
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "The Max Palevsky Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints," 2001.2.8-5.15
Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 1975.1.4-15
Hanshin Department Store, Osaka, 1975.2.6-18
Sogo Department Store, Hiroshima, 1975.4.21-26
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "Fashion Plates: Kimono in Japanese Prints," 1992.9.25-12.8
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "The Max Palevsky Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints," 2001.2.8-5.15
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