Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 40. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Toto Ryogoku) | Edo period, 19th century.

The Property of an American Gentleman (Lots 38-40, All Formerly in the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Toto Ryogoku) | Edo period, 19th century

Lot Closed

July 21, 01:45 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of an American Gentleman (Lots 38-40, All Formerly in the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright)

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Ryogoku Bridge in Edo (Toto Ryogoku)

Edo period, 19th century


woodblock print, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei), signed Hiroshige ga (Pictured by Hiroshige), published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 4th month 1858


Vertical oban: 36.3 x 23.4 cm., 14⅜ x 9¼ in. 

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959)

Dr Paul F. Clark (1882-1983), and thence by descent