Lot 39: NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA, (1697?-1756), C.1750'S

Name: NISHIMURA SHIGENAGA, (1697?-1756), C.1750'S
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 8z8wxrr82r

Est: £3,000 GBP - £4,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 08, 2004

Item Overview

Description

depicting numerous pleasure seekers at leisure in the open rooms of a brothel overlooking the Fukagawa, publisher's mark of Urokogataya Magobei, signed Nishimura Shigenaga hitsu

Possibly the only surviving copy of this print

Condition Note: Fine impression soiled around the margins but otherwise in good condition, hand coloured by use of stencils

Dimensions

32.8 by 45.7cm., 12 7/8 by 18in.

Notes

Original handwritten notes on mount, acheté a Murakami, 24-12-08

Auction Details

Japanese Print Collection

Sotheby's

June 08, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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