Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Very fine.
Catalog ID 8420 Artist Shoson Title An Eagle in a Snowstorm Medium Original Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title Edition First - copyright seal in l. r Date 1930's Publisher S. Watanabe Reference No O-36 in the Watanabe 1936 catalog Size 15 -1/4 x 10 " Condition Very fine. |
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Title Eagle in Flight against a Snowy Sky provenance: Robert O. Muller Estate Artist Koson Ohara 1877-1945 Signature Shoson Dated 1933 Publisher Watanabe Medium/Technique Woodblock print Impression excellent Colors excellent - very good Condition excellent - very good … light toning, two needle size holes on the left margin, the upper right margin corner and the lower left margin corner lightly creased. Description Large eagle flies in the snow falling sky. Very effective "baren" works to show the large snow flakes and the stormy weather. Note Provenance: Robert O. Muller Collection. Format Oban tate-e Width Item 10.5 inches = 26.7 cm Height Item 15.7 inches = 39.8 cm |
Listed is a great, vintage, Japanese, woodblock print measuring approximately 10 by 15.5 inches. There is light, general, age and use related wear but no damage. Textured paper with appropriate bleedthrough on the back. Good color.
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Japanese woodblock print by Ohara Shoson (Koson) of an Eagle in flight over snow capped pines. Signed and sealed on the image lower right. Watanabe publishers seal lower right corner. Image is toned with foxing. Glued in one small area of top margin to backing. Size: 15 3/8" x 10 1/2" - 39 cm x 26.5 cm.
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The Eagle Artist: Koson Format: Oban tate-e: 15.25" x 10.25"
Subject: Covering from one end of the print to the other, an Eagle flying over pine trees in the depth of Winter. See 'Crows, Cranes & Camellias' # S13.2 page 197.
Publisher: Watanabe
Date: 1933
Condition: Very fine colors. Full size with margins. Very minor marks and flaws. Two tiny pinholes in left margin. Generally fine state of preservation.
Impression: Very fine impression with gauffrage.
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