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Two seated women, one drying herself with a towel

Maker

Copy after
Katsushika Hokusai (artist)
1760-1849

Title

Two seated women, one drying herself with a towel

Date of Production

1800 - 1899

Medium

pen and brush and black ink on wove paper, with added gold borders

Dimensions

Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 33.5 cm

Accession Number

D.1982.LB.7

Mode of Acquisition

Lillian Browse, gift, 1982

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



Provenance

Lillian Browse Gift 1982

Exhibition History

A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and
Sculpture
, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 12/02/1983-10/04/1983

Literature

A Private Collection of late 19th and 20th century Paintings and Sculpture, Courtauld Institute Gallery, London, 1983
cat. no. 29

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: lower left edge, graphite, acc. number: “$15 D.1982.LB.7”; lower right edge, graphite: “HOKUSAI 208”. Remnant of a former mount, cut down and now in file, all in graphite: “$15”; “Hokusai-“; “208” and “LB 7”.

Label: Written in pen on part of an old label, detached from old mount, now kept in curatorial file: "genuine Hockasai [SIC] Really quite valuable about £50-£100 Very lucky to have it. Sothby's [SIC] would be very willing to have it." and "April. 1964 Report from Mr. Winkworths of Sothebys.

Collector's mark: none.

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