PROPERTY FROM THE PULVERER COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS
Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) | The complete set of Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma), also known as the Marriage series | Edo period, 18th century
Auction Closed
June 11, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
the complete set of seven woodblock prints, embellished with embossing, from the series Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma), also known as the Marriage series, each signed Harunobu ga (Pictured by Harunobu), circa 1769; each with collectors' seals of Hayashi Tadamasa, Felix Tikotin and Gerhard Pulverer, and comprising:
- Introductory Meeting (Miai)
- Exchange of Gifts (Yuino)
- The Bride Riding in the Palanquin (Koshi-iri)
- The Sake Cup (Sakazuki)
- The Bride Changing Clothes (Iro-naoshi)
- The Cup of Sake before Bed (Toko-sakazuki)
- The Birth of the First Child (Uizan)
Horizontal chuban: each approx. 22 x 28.6 cm, 8⅝ by 11¼ in.
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906)
Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949)
Edith Ehrman (1932-1974)
Felix Tikotin (1893-1986)
Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Suzuki Harunobu, 18 September - 22 November 1970. ('Introductory Meeting' and 'The Bride Riding in the Palanquin')
Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection], exhibited at the following venues:
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Osaka, 27th December 1990 - 8th January 1991
Matsuzakaya Department Store, Ginza, 24th - 29th January 1991
Jack Hillier, Suzuki Harunobu (Philadelphia, 1970), pg. 168-69. ('Introductory Meeting' and 'The Bride Riding in the Palanquin')
Narazaki Muneshige, ed., Hizo ukiyo-e taikan, Puruvera korekushon [Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in Western Collections: The Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), nos. 13-19.
Doitsu Puruvera korekushon ukiyo-e hanga meihinten [Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e from the Pulverer Collection] (Tokyo, 1990), pp. 26-29, nos. 1-18-1-24.