Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1990

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the overmount in three places along the upper edge. The upper and left edges are deckled. The sheet is slightly undulating consistent with the application of medium. There is minor mount staining visible along the upper and lower edges from previous mounting. There are very fine lines of stable craquelure where the pigment has been most thickly applied. Otherwise this work has some lovely impasto and is in overall very good condition.
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