KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
CREVETTES
Encre et couleur sur papier.
Signé par l'artiste.
Dimensions : 30,3 x 18,4 cm. (11 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collection of Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896). Objets d'art japonais et chinois, Peintures, Estampescomposant la Collection des Goncourt, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8-13 March 1897, lot 1169.
Literature
Edmond de Goncourt, Hokousaï, Charpentier, Paris, 1896, p. 319.
Further details
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) SHRIMPS INK AND COLOUR ON PAPER
Compare with a very close painting of two crayfish by Hokusai of smaller size, previously in the collection of Mr Charles Bain Hoyt, today in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, no. 50.1496.