KOSON (1877-1945). Egret on branch. (Sold)
Artist:
Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Subject:
A little egret is poised on one leg on a snow-covered tree trunk of a willow.
Signature:
Shōson and artist seal Shōson.
Date:
ca. 1930.
Publisher:
Watanabe Shozaburō
Size:
Ō-tanzaku , 38,7x17,3 cm
Medium:
Woodblock color print with gaufrage on the feathers.
Literature:
Another impression is illustrated in Newland, Perrée, Schaap, Crows Cranes & Camellias the natural world of Ohara Koson 1877-1945. Leiden 2001, plate 156, checklist S.142.
Remarks:
The most highly valued print by Koson described by Richard Illing in Later Japanese Prints, London 1978, as "a masterpiece of graphic art".
Conditions:
Fine impression, color and conditions.
Item no:
H 87
Status:
Sold