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Festival of Lanterns - Nara

Festival of Lanterns - Nara
by Lillian Miller

Original caretaker of this artwork: Castle Fine Arts  Specializing in fine 18th-20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints.

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Artist: Lillian Miller
Title: Festival of Lanterns - Nara
Series: 
Date of first edition?1934 (circa)
Date of this artwork?c. 1934 (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): Mitsugiri
Format (this edition): Mitsugiri
DB artwork code: 43520
Notes (first edition)?
Artist: Lilian Miller
Title: Festival of Lanterns - Nara
Title: Original Woodblock Print
Series:
Date: c. 1934
Publisher:
Size 15 x 6 -3/4 " (sheet)

Kendall Brown notes that, "glowing lanterns are dwarfed by a massive tree, its luminous trunk set off against the mat-finish pastel of the boughs".

Inscribed in pencil by the artist in the bottom margin, "Festival of Lanterns - Nara. By Lilian Miller".

PROVENANCE: From the collection of Mrs. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., wife of Lt. General Buckner, of Pacific fame. Mrs. Buckner was a friend of the artist, from whom she purchased a number of prints. And by descent in the family.
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Very fine. Kept in a folder and never exposed to light.

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