Suzuki Harunobu, Printmaker, Poet of Women and Color and Precursor of Ukiyo-e
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A pioneer of the “brocade print” and its innovative polychromy, the master created a highly sophisticated feminine universe, a prelude to the golden age of ukiyo-e. Suzuki Harunobu (c 1725-1770), Evening Near the Marshes, print from a series of three (chuban tate-e) on the "Three Vesper Poems" (Sanseki waka), 1766-1767, signed, 28.2 x 20.4 cm/11.10 x 8.03 in.Estimate for the series of three: €60,000/80,000 This delicate vision of a young couple comes from the personal collection of a great connoisseur of ukiyo-e: the Dutchman René Scholten, who since 2000 has presided over the destiny of his gallery Scholten Japanese Art, in New York.
