Live Auction 13279Asian 20th Century Art (Day Sale) Including a Selection of Japanese Woodblock Prints from Private Collections
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Lot 502 PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH COLLECTOR

KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)

Horse Shells (Umagai)

Closed25 November 2018

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Horse Shells (Umagai)
A surimono, from the series A Selection of Horses (Uma-zukushi)
Woodblock print, signed Fusenkyo Iitsu hitsu
Privately published, 1822
Embellished with metallic pigments and embossing
Shikishiban surimono: 20.6 x 18.3 cm. (8 1/8 x 7.2/8 in.)

Specialist note

For the same surimono in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, accession number 1954.837, go to: https://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/81631?search_id=1=0