Japanese School (Edo/Meiji period) Monkeys in a Tree pen and ink on paper, picked out in monochrome wash, 24.5cm x 16.5cm, (1); another, similar, a study of three fish heads, black wash on paper, 24cm x 16cm, (1); studies of a pheasant and cranes, similar, pen and ink on paper, 24cm x 16.5cm and 16.5cm x 24.5cm, (2); a farmyard panorama with pigs and cattle, watercolour and black ink on paper, 7.5cm x 33.5cm, (1), [5] Provenance: 1) Ex Richard Lane Collection. Richard Lane (1926-2002), well-noted and regarded scholar of Japanese art and literature of the Edo period (1615-1868), who established a reputation as one of the leading experts on Ukiyo-e (''Images of the Floating World''). Later his strong ties to Hawaii, commencing with his appointment to the Honolulu Academy of Arts as Research Associate for Ukiyo-e in 1959, led to them in 2003, after Lane's death, acquiring a substantial collection of Japanese, Chinese and Korean paintings, prints and rare books from his estate. 2) The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts), until their de-acquisition of some portions of the collection in 2018.
Japanese School (Edo/Meiji period) Monkeys in a Tree pen and ink on paper, picked out in monochrome wash, 24.5cm x 16.5cm, (1); another, similar, a study of three fish heads, black wash on paper, 24cm x 16cm, (1); studies of a pheasant and cranes, similar, pen and ink on paper, 24cm x 16.5cm and 16.5cm x 24.5cm, (2); a farmyard panorama with pigs and cattle, watercolour and black ink on paper, 7.5cm x 33.5cm, (1), [5] Provenance: 1) Ex Richard Lane Collection. Richard Lane (1926-2002), well-noted and regarded scholar of Japanese art and literature of the Edo period (1615-1868), who established a reputation as one of the leading experts on Ukiyo-e (''Images of the Floating World''). Later his strong ties to Hawaii, commencing with his appointment to the Honolulu Academy of Arts as Research Associate for Ukiyo-e in 1959, led to them in 2003, after Lane's death, acquiring a substantial collection of Japanese, Chinese and Korean paintings, prints and rare books from his estate. 2) The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts), until their de-acquisition of some portions of the collection in 2018.
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