Anonymous, Style Of Kobayashi Eitaku
A painted shunga album
Found at
Christies,
London (Online Auction)
From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, Lot 115
04.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints, Lot 115
04.Jul - 11.Jul.2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Comprising twelve paintings, each ink and colour on silk, mounted as an album (album leaves detached)
Unsigned, mid-late 19th century
Whole album: 43.6 x 36.3 x 2.9 cm. (17 ⅛ x 14 ¼ x 1 ⅛ in.)
Each painting approx. 38.4 x 28.4 cm. (15 ⅛ x 11 ⅛ in.)
Sylvia Lacan (1908-1993) and thence by descent to the present owner. Sylvia Lacan was married to the French intellectual Georges Bataille (1897-1962), then the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981)
Unsigned, mid-late 19th century
Whole album: 43.6 x 36.3 x 2.9 cm. (17 ⅛ x 14 ¼ x 1 ⅛ in.)
Each painting approx. 38.4 x 28.4 cm. (15 ⅛ x 11 ⅛ in.)
Sylvia Lacan (1908-1993) and thence by descent to the present owner. Sylvia Lacan was married to the French intellectual Georges Bataille (1897-1962), then the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901-1981)
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