Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Masters of the Woodblock: Important Japanese Prints
Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825) | A noblewoman and attendants making a giant snowball | Edo period, late 18th century
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July 21, 01:15 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Property from an Important European Collection (Lots 1 - 17, All Formerly in the Collection of Henri Vever)
Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825)
A noblewoman and attendants making a giant snowball
Edo period, late 18th century
woodblock print, triptych, each sheet signed Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni), left sheet with censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1796; with collectors' seals Hayashi Tadamasa and H.V. to each sheet, with original Sotheby's paper sale folder depicting Henri Vever monogram
Vertical oban triptych: each sheet approx. 38 x 25.3 cm., 15 x 10 in.
Henri Vever (1854-1942)
Sotheby’s, London, Highly Important Japanese Prints from the Henri Vever Collection: Final Part, 30 October 1997, Lot 137.
C. Vignier, T. Inada and R. Koechlin, Toyokuni, Hiroshige. Estampes Japonaises Exposées au Musée des Arts Décoratifs en Janvier1914, (Paris, 1914), no. 79, pl. XXI.
Pari Beberu korekushon ukiyo-e meisaku 300 senten (300 Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), exh. cat., (Tokyo, 1975), no. 260.
Jack Hillier, Japanese Prints and Drawings from the Vever Collection, (London, 1976), vol. 2, no. 648.
Jack Hillier, Suzuki Juzo and Adachi Toyohisa, Ukiyo-e: Beberu korekushon (Ukiyo-e Prints from the Vever Collection), (Tokyo, 1976), no. 644.