PAYSAGE ENNEIGE, PARAVENT A DEUX FEUILLES, ENCRE ET COULEUR SUR PAPIER

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KABURAGI KIYOKATA (1887-1972)
PAYSAGE ENNEIGE, PARAVENT A DEUX FEUILLES, ENCRE ET COULEUR SUR PAPIER
Two-panel screen, ink and colour on paper.
The right panel signed lower right Kiyokata saku and sealed Ajisai no ya.
Hand-written inscription on verso dedicated to Ambassador Paul Claudel, February 1927, morning of Kigensetsu (11th), Tokyo, Kaburagi Kiyokata.
Each panel measures: 80 x 160 cm. (31 ½ x 62 in.)

Provenance

Offered directly in February 1927 by the artist to Paul Claudel (1868–1955), hence French Ambassador in Tokyo, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Further details

KABURAGI KIYOKATA (1887-1972)
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Lot Essay

This present two-panel screen is rare and unique. It was made especially by Kiyokata for the first version of the play La Femme et son ombre, written by Paul Claudel in 1922, and performed at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo on March 16th 1923. The artist not only created the scenography but also the costumes. The play was originally commissioned by the Kabuki actor Nakamura Fukusuke to adapt a ballet scenario for his dance group L’homme et son désir. Paul Claudel decided to create a purely Japanese play in the model of Noh. A second version was written in 1926.

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