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| Artist: | Harunobu, Suzuki (c.1725-1770) — 鈴木春信 |
| Title: | Shell Series: Sparrow Shell |
| Series: | Shell Series |
| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Date of this artwork?: | Late 1760's (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Chuban
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| Format (this edition): | Chuban |
| DB artwork code: | 31119 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Shell Series: Sparrow Shell
Artist: Harunobu
Format: Small Oban tate-e: 11" x 8"
Subject: The Sparrow Shell. 'Suzeme-Gai'. A young man dallies with his wife while their baby suckles on her bared breast. Provenance: oval red seal of the Theodore Scheiwe Collection on verso bottom left. A magnificent and lyrical Harunobu design.
Date: Late 1760's
Condition: Very good colors with very slight oxidation of the pink pigment. Some small and expert restorations. Very faint horizontal centrefold. Generally exeptional state of preservation.
Impression: Fine impression with the Mosquito net printed in gauffrage. |
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