HOKUSAI (1759-1849). Azaleas by stream. (Sold)
Artist:
Katsushika Hokusai (1759-1849)
Subject:
Azaleas by stream.
Signature:
Unsigned. The poem signed Isawa (?) Gorō.
Date:
1800-10 ca.
Publisher:
Privately published.
Size:
Chō-ban surimono,19x52,6 cm.
Medium:
Woodblock color print.
Literature:
A version of this large surimono signed Gakyōjin Hokusai and without the poem, is illustrated in Keizaburo Yamaguch, Edward Burr Van Vleck Collection Masterpiece Exhibition, Tokyo 1999, no. 92.
Remarks:
Collector seal of Samuel Tuke (1855-1938). Tuke was a member of the Japan Society of London. In 1907 he sold many prints to the British Museum. Other 790 lots were sold by Sotheby's in 1911.
Conditions:
Very good impression, colour and conditions.
Item no:
D 151