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| Artist: | Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | ||
| Subject: | Village scene by a river. | ||
| Series: | From the kyoka album Otokodoka (The Stamping Song of Man) | ||
| Signature: | Hokusai Sori ga. | ||
| Date: | ca. 1797 | ||
| Size: | Oban, 24,9 x 37,8 cm. | ||
| Reference: | Other impressions are
illustrated in Jack Hillier. The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration.
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980, plate 18. Gian Carlo Calza. Hokusai. Il vecchio pazzo per la pittura. Milano: Electa, 1999, plate II.9. Matthi Forrer. Hokusai Prints and Drawings. Munich and New York. 1991, plate 116. |
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| Conditions: | Fine impression, colour and condition. | ||
| Provenance: | Unidentified collector's seal "M.c.Cabe". | ||
| Remarks: | One of the finest of Hokusai album illustrations from his early period. | ||
| Item no. | D 47 | ||
| Price: | Euro 3000 (Reserved) | ||
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