Katsukawa Shunsho (1725-92) , Katsukawa Shunsho (1725-92)

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Katsukawa Shunsho (1725-92)

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Katsukawa Shunsho (1725-92)
Full-length portrait of the actor Arashi Sangoro II on a bridge, preparing to draw his sword, background sky gray, planks of bridge pink, signed Shunsho ga--very good impression, faded, lightly soiled, repair at top, pin hole worming
hosoban: 32.3 x 15.3cm.

Provenance

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Lot Essay

Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) sold this print to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1918. For more on Wright's activities as a print dealer and collector, see Julia Meech, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan: The Architect's Other Passion (New York: Japan Society and Harry N. Abrams, 2001), especially pages 131-34.

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