Kawanabe Kyōsai
Smashing Tofu
Found at
Bonhams,
New York
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 594
21. Sep - 21. Sep 2022
Japanese and Korean Art, Lot 594
21. Sep - 21. Sep 2022
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Property of various owners
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889)
Smashing Tofu
Meiji era (1868-1912), 1876
A hanging scroll in ink and colors on silk of a kitchen worker using a mallet to smash a block of tofu, splattering a female colleague with fragments of bean curd, signed at left Meiji ku hinoe-ne natsu Kyōsai ga (Painted by Kyōsai in summer 1876) with a seal
With a blank wood box and cardboard sleeve
25 1/4 x 17 1/4in (64 x 43.8cm)
Gallery Herbert Egenolf, Düsseldorf, Germany and Venice, California
KAWANABE KYŌSAI (1831-1889)
Smashing Tofu
Meiji era (1868-1912), 1876
A hanging scroll in ink and colors on silk of a kitchen worker using a mallet to smash a block of tofu, splattering a female colleague with fragments of bean curd, signed at left Meiji ku hinoe-ne natsu Kyōsai ga (Painted by Kyōsai in summer 1876) with a seal
With a blank wood box and cardboard sleeve
25 1/4 x 17 1/4in (64 x 43.8cm)
Gallery Herbert Egenolf, Düsseldorf, Germany and Venice, California
Kawanabe Kyosai - Auction history
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