Deer in Shallow Water
Artist: Shoson Ohara
Name: Deer in Shallow Water
Date: 1936
Description: Thursday, 5 June 2008 Title Deer in Shallow Water Artist Koson Ohara 1877-1945 Biography Resume Signature ‘Shoson’. Seal Artist’s seal (‘Shoson’). Dated Ca. 1936. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent – very good. Colors Excellent – very good … Fine gradations from blue water to orange background. Condition Excellent – very good … Slightly toned. Margins slightly soiled. Ink residues on the left bottom corner. Description Two deer venture out in a shallow water. Note “Made in Japan” stamped on verso. Width Item 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm Height Item 6.9 inches = 17.5 cm Literature Newland, Amy R.; Jan Perree & Robert Schaap, “Crows, cranes & camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson”, Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2001, ISBN 90-74822-38-x, – pg.201, s41.3 Glossary Made in Japan
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