KUNIYOSHI or school: Four preparatory drawings

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Artist: KUNIYOSHI or school

Title:Four preparatory drawings

Series:From a group of Kuniyoshi drawings collected at the artist's school, serving as study material for the master's students (Ref.Lit.: Matthi Forrer, "Drawings by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - from the collection of the National Museum of Ethnology, The Hague"); 1988.

Date:1830s 1840s

Medium:Black ink ('sumi') on paper.

Size/Format:

Description:Various preparatory drawings (shita-e).

Condition:Very good. Attached to backing paper.

Reserve: $900.00

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