Catalog ID: 11145
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Medium: Original Watercolor on Paper
Series Title: Snow
Edition: Original Painting
Date: c.1950s
Publisher: The Artist
Reference No.: Uncatalogued Original Painting
Size: 15 x 19 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Medium: Original Watercolor on Paper
Series Title: Snow
Edition: Original Painting
Date: c.1950s
Publisher: The Artist
Reference No.: Uncatalogued Original Painting
Size: 15 x 19 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
Signed and sealed in red square chop: 'Hasui'. The picturesque painting wonderfully depicts an evening snowfall in the prefecture of Nara. This c.1950s watercolor painting exhibits a lifetime accumulation of artistic techniques, styles, and influences by one of modern Japan's most important and prolific artists.
The Nara Prefecture region is considered one of the oldest regions in Japan, having been in existence for thousands of years, and is widely viewed as the Japanese cradle of civilization. Like Kyoto, Nara was one of Imperial Japan's earliest capital cities. The current form of Nara Prefecture was officially created in 1887 when it became independent of Osaka Prefecture.