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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)
An album of preparatory drawings and a tiger surimono
Details
KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)
An album of preparatory drawings and a tiger surimono
Comprising:
1) Thirty-nine sheets of drawings mounted as a double-sided accordion album; ink and light color on paper; signed Seisei Kyosai on 3 sheets and sealed Kyosai on 13 sheets
2) Plum flowers and painting goods in front of a tiger screen, woodblock print, surimono, signed Seisei Kyosai ga and sealed, 1878
1) 12 3⁄4 x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.9 cm.) each page approx.
2) Shikishiban surimono: 8 7⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 in. (22.5 x 28.3 cm.)
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An album of preparatory drawings and a tiger surimono
Comprising:
1) Thirty-nine sheets of drawings mounted as a double-sided accordion album; ink and light color on paper; signed Seisei Kyosai on 3 sheets and sealed Kyosai on 13 sheets
2) Plum flowers and painting goods in front of a tiger screen, woodblock print, surimono, signed Seisei Kyosai ga and sealed, 1878
1) 12 3⁄4 x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.9 cm.) each page approx.
2) Shikishiban surimono: 8 7⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 in. (22.5 x 28.3 cm.)
(39)
Provenance
1) Dr. Adam August Breuer Collection, Berlin, before 1929
Paul Cassirer und Hugo Helbing Auction, Berlin, Die Sammlung Dr. A. Breuer/ Berlin, Ostasiatische Kunst, 14-15 May 1929, lot 348
Charles Albert de Burlet (1882-1956), Berlin and Basel, acquired at the above sale
Private Collection, Switzerland, by descent
Galerie Koller, Zurich, 18 November 1994, lot 357
Paul Cassirer und Hugo Helbing Auction, Berlin, Die Sammlung Dr. A. Breuer/ Berlin, Ostasiatische Kunst, 14-15 May 1929, lot 348
Charles Albert de Burlet (1882-1956), Berlin and Basel, acquired at the above sale
Private Collection, Switzerland, by descent
Galerie Koller, Zurich, 18 November 1994, lot 357
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Takaaki Murakami
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Korean Art