Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Monday, 21 March 2011
Title Uji Bridge provenance: Robert O. Muller estate Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 Seal Artist's seal ("Hasui"). Dated Ca. 1930's. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Very good. Colors Excellent - Very good. Condition Excellent - Very good … Slight toning. Description Uji Bridge in a starry night. Note "Made in Japan" stamped on the back. Provenance : Robert O. Muller estate. Width Item 5.1 inches = 13.0 cm Height Item 7.7 inches = 19.5 cm Literature Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, "Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints", Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, - pg.140, Hp.24 Glossary Made in Japan |
Offered for sale is a Japanese woodblock print by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), titled Bridge on a Starry Night, c. 1930s. It is from the estate of Robert O. Muller, the world renown collector and dealer of shin hanga school prints. It is illustrated at plate Hb-24 of Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints by Kendall H. Brown. It was published by The Watanabe Color Print Co.
The print is in very good condition, with no condition problems to note. The dimensions are approximately 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches, plus margins
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small sized, 5 1/4 by 7 3/4 inches Hasui woodblock from the Robert O. Muller collection
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