Hasui: The Shinagawa Offing (Shinagawa oki) (Sold)

Artist: Kawase Hasui
Title: The Shinagawa Offing (Shinagawa oki)
Date: Summer 1920

Hasui wrote: “I made this sketch while on an outing to the Shinagawa coast on a netting boat...I was interested in a sailboat traveling between the green grassy field of Odaiba fort...It is a slightly overcast midsummer’s afternoon.” Note the unusual, jigsaw-like clouds and the smooth, glassy sea.

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. Series: Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo junidai)
Dimensions:  ôban 26.4 x 39.4 cm
Publisher: Watanabe Shôzaburô
Literature: N#32; Hotei #32.  Seal: Sui
Signature: Hasui

SKU: HAC032G