Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)
Property from the Collection of Max Palevsky
Suzuki Harunobu (1725?-1770)

Geisha and her Maid with Shamisen, c. 1765-70

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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.)
Provenance
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris (red seal lower left)
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.
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

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