Two seated women, one drying herself with a towel
Maker
Copy after
Katsushika Hokusai (artist)
1760-1849
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
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
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
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.
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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