ID 726852
Lot 232 | KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
An album of preparatory drawings and a tiger surimono
Comprising:
1) Thirty-nine sheets of drawings mounted as a double-sided accordion album; ink and light color on paper; signed Seisei Kyosai on 3 sheets and sealed Kyosai on 13 sheets
2) Plum flowers and painting goods in front of a tiger screen, woodblock print, surimono, signed Seisei Kyosai ga and sealed, 1878
1) 12 3⁄4 x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.9 cm.) each page approx.
2) Shikishiban surimono: 8 7⁄8 x 11 1⁄8 in. (22.5 x 28.3 cm.)
(39)
Provenance
1) Dr. Adam August Breuer Collection, Berlin, before 1929
Paul Cassirer und Hugo Helbing Auction, Berlin, Die Sammlung Dr. A. Breuer/ Berlin, Ostasiatische Kunst, 14-15 May 1929, lot 348
Charles Albert de Burlet (1882-1956), Berlin and Basel, acquired at the above sale
Private Collection, Switzerland, by descent
Galerie Koller, Zurich, 18 November 1994, lot 357
| Artist: | Kyosai Kawanabe (1831 - 1889) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Woodblock print |
| Artist: | Kyosai Kawanabe (1831 - 1889) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Woodblock print |
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