Live auction - Lot 345
[E-hon]
Kyôsai Gaden [Kyôsai’s account of painting].
Iwamoto Shun, 1887
Hammer price: €
2.400
€ 750 / 800
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Lot description
4 vol., 24,5 x 17,5 cm: 68, 84, 80, 62 pp., most with b/w or ink and colour ill.
Wrapper, book case (1 ivory pin loose, 1 lost, crease in fold of case). Good condition.
Kyosai gadan is a semi-autobiographical work of the artist, presenting both a history of Japanese art as well as Western influences. Includes texts in English.
Ref. British Museum 1979,0305,0.390.4. - Hillier and Smith 1980.