ZESHIN Japanese Woodblock Print THREE CROWS 1930s

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ZESHIN Japanese Woodblock Print THREE CROWS 1930s:
$325.00

ZESHIN Japanese Woodblock Print THREE CROWS 1930s
ZESHIN SHIBATACrows in Flight at SunriseDate: originally published 1888; signed Zeshin, this edition from 1930sprinted by Kawaguchi
Size: 10.125\" x 9.6\"
Condition: VG, no flaws of note, uncirculated print, never framed
Impression: Fine, nice surface texture, tight registration
Color: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso
Provenance: from the Robert O. Muller estate (see below for more information) Three crows flying against a red sunrise. Perhaps Zeshin\'s best known design.
ABOUT ZESHIN SHIBATA
Zeshin Shibata was born in Tokyo (then Edo), the son of a sculptor. He began his career as apprentice to a lacquer craftsman, and later studied painting. In 1890 he became a court painter. His origins as a lacquerer are reflected in his prints by a frequent use of urushi (Japanese lacquer. Zeshin was celebrated as an artist and craftsman in his lifetime and was appointed to represent Japan at the World Exhibition in Paris, and other international exhibitions in Philadelphia and Vienna. WHO WAS ROBERT O. MULLER?
Robert O. Muller’s love affair with Japanese prints began one day in the 1930s, when as a student in New York City he spotted a Hasui in a gallery window, and immediately arranged to purchase the print. As a newly wed in 1940 he went on a print shopping tour to Japan with his wife where he met the shin hanga publisher Watanabe Shozaburo and Watanabe’s stable of artists including: Kawase Hasui, Shiro Kasamatsu, and Ito Shinsui. He also met and befriended Hiroshi Yoshida.

After WWII, Muller continued to deal in Japanese prints, but he was also an avid collector with a keen eye for good art. Although the Muller Collection is best known for shin hanga, Mr. Muller also collected late nineteenth century prints and good reproductions of famous Edo masters.

When Mr. Muller passed away on April 10, 2003, he had left possibly the largest and finest collection of 20th century Japanese prints in the world, and the question of what would become of his collection was a major topic among Japanese print collectors. The finest 20th century prints from his collection were given as a gift to the Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., and an exhibit was mounted. Other portions of the collection were sold at sale and still more remains with his heirs. Several books have been published about the collection.

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