SOGA SHOHAKU (1730-1781): AN IMPORTANT SET OF FIVE SCROLL PAINTINGS WITH BIRDS OF PREY

拍品描述

SOGA SHOHAKU (1730-1781): AN IMPORTANT SET OF FIVE SCROLL PAINTINGS WITH BIRDS OF PREY Japan, 18th century. Ink on paper. Mounted as hanging scrolls, on paper, with wooden handles. The set of five paintings depicts finely detailed birds of prey perched high in the treetops, looking down over varying landscapes. (5) Inscriptions: Three paintings bear the seals ‘Joki’ 如鬼 and ‘Jasokuken Shohaku’ 蛇足軒蕭白. Two paintings are sealed ‘Joki’ 如鬼 and ‘Shohaku’ 蕭白. Dimensions: Image size ca. 133.5 x 56 cm (each), Size incl. mounting ca. 198 x 67 (each) Soga Shohaku, (1730-1781), original name Miura Sakonjiro, was a Japanese painter of the mid-Edo period who tried to revive the brush-style drawing of the great masters of the Muromachi period. As a young man, Shohaku studied painting under the guidance of Takada Keiho of the Kano school in Kyoto, but his disillusionment with contemporary art led him to look to the past for inspiration. He came to greatly admire the works of the Muromachi painter, Soga Jasoku, and began calling himself Jasoku ken, or Jasoku jussei (‘the tenth’). He excelled in ink monochrome portraits, which he made with powerful brushwork using broad strokes, which is exemplified in these five panels. Many of his paintings today are housed in museums such as the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Museum comparison: Compare a closely related painting by Soga Shohaku, depicting a pair of falcons amongst blossoming branches, signed with an identical seal, in The Indianapolis Museum of Art, accession no. 2000.53. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 22 April 2015, lot 45 Price: USD 81,250 or approx. EUR 98,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related motif. Note this set consists of only two hanging scrolls. Note the similar size (each 128.6 x 56.8 cm).

图片