Snow on Mount Ibuki, January 1920
Woodblock print; ink and color on paperexpand_more
Gift of Ellen and Fred Wellsexpand_more 2002.161.43
Not on Viewexpand_more
This print, though not published by Watanabe, was distributed by him for the Edo Pictures Appreciation Society. On the back is a note by Goyo_ explaining the origin of the design. In December 1919, he was coming home from Kobe on a train that had to stop because of mechanical problems. From the window, he saw this scenery.
An impression of this print fetched the highest price at the December 1925 auction of the American Art Association (predecessor of Sotheby’s) in New York: twenty dollars.
This print, though not published by Watanabe, was distributed by him for the Edo Pictures Appreciation Society. On the back is a note by Goyo_ explaining the origin of the design. In December 1919, he was coming home from Kobe on a train that had to stop because of mechanical problems. From the window, he saw this scenery.
An impression of this print fetched the highest price at the December 1925 auction of the American Art Association (predecessor of Sotheby’s) in New York: twenty dollars.
Details
- Title
- Snow on Mount Ibuki
- Artist Life
- 1880 - 1921
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2002.161.43
- Provenance
- (Kabutoya Gallery until 1983)
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Seven Masters, no. 5
- Curator Approved
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