KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI 1760-1849)
Moso in Front of a Giant Bamboo Shoot (Giant Bamboo Shoot Appearing from the Snow), ca 1831
Chûban
$ 7,850.00
#13428
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Subject: Moso kneeling in the snow before a giant bamboo shoot that has suddenly, unseasonably, appeared as he is searching for food for his ailing mother. This is a story from the popular Chinese tales "23 Paragons of Filial Piety."
Date: ca 1831
Format: Aizuri-e chûban tate-e
8-7/8 x 7-5/8 inches (22.5 x 19.4 cm) (sheet, chuban)
Signed: Zen Hokusai hitsu; with the artist's two seals
Provenance: Hayashi Tadamasa (sealed); Gerhardt Pulverer (sealed); Ruth Nelkin
Other impressions: MFA, Boston, accession no. 21.10232
Price: $ 7,850
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Subject: Moso kneeling in the snow before a giant bamboo shoot that has suddenly, unseasonably, appeared as he is searching for food for his ailing mother. This is a story from the popular Chinese tales "23 Paragons of Filial Piety."
Date: ca 1831
Format: Aizuri-e chûban tate-e
8-7/8 x 7-5/8 inches (22.5 x 19.4 cm) (sheet, chuban)
Signed: Zen Hokusai hitsu; with the artist's two seals
Provenance: Hayashi Tadamasa (sealed); Gerhardt Pulverer (sealed); Ruth Nelkin
Other impressions: MFA, Boston, accession no. 21.10232
Price: $ 7,850