Description:
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849) ATTRIBUTED
Japan, 19th century. Painting on paper, laid down and framed. With collector’s seal to lower right corner. Depiction of a cut off head in reeds, a little lizard climbing up to the mouth in a pool of blood. This painting, attributed to Katsushika Hokusai, has an excellent provenance and exhibition history – see below.
SIZE of painting 26.8 x 16.3 cm. Framed 44 x 34 cm
Provenance: Collections S. Bing, F. Tikotin and E. Biedermann.
Condition: Slight browning, abrasions and creases throughout.
Exhibition history: Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden catalog number 54. Part of the ‘Rem-brandt-Hokusai-Van Gogh’ exhibition in Basel in 1952