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| Artist: | Watanabe Torajiro |
| Title: | Cherry trees beside river with boats |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Watercolour |
| Medium (this edition): | Watercolour |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 40204 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Thursday, 26 May 2005
Original watercolor by Japanese artist Torajiro Watanabe signed lower left and dated 1909. Work is 13x20 and matted and framed to 19x26. The frame is gold painted in the form of bamboo and the mat is a woven grass like material to give this a Japanese feel. The scene is a lovely Japanese setting with boats and cherry blossom trees. The back has the frame shop label from E.F. Robinson in Summit NJ and dated 1959. The glass is an old fashioned non glare that distorts the work underneath because the glass looks to have a grainy substance inside unlike modern UV safe non glare glass. We are not able to get a clear image and took several photos in direct sunlight and shade. The watercolor appears to have a few age spots but the glass distorts it and makes it appear darker. Watanabe is listed artist who was born in Japan in 1886 and came to the USA around 1900. He was active with the Woodstock Art Colony in Conneticut from about 1910-1920s when he moved to CA. This is from an estate in Maine of items from three branches of the Morris, Haynes and Moore families who had houses in Boston, New York City and summer home in Maine. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Study - Studied under John Sloan
Solo Exhibits (select)-
Chuo Bijutsu Kwai Kwan(Japanese Arty Club) Los Angeles 1927
Pasadena Art Institute 1928
Olympic Hotel Los Angeles 1928
Miyako Hotel Los Angeles 1932
Denver Art Museum 1933
Group Exhibits (select)-
Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by the Japanese artist's society of New York City 1922
Japanese Artists of Los Angeles 1922
Half Century of Japanese Artitsts in New York - Azuma Gallery 1910-1950
Society of Independent Artists, New York City 1922-1927
Los Angeles Artists ~ Los Angeles Museum 1929,1930
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