Bamboo Branches by a Rock

Name: Bamboo Branches by a Rock
SKU: 3567
Price: 160.00 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

Kakemono, unique work, 185 x 60 cm

Product number: 3567

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Details about the sold piece

Height 185 cm
Width 60 cm
Item Type Kakemono
Jikusaki Bone
Material Honshi Paper
Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
Technique Hand-Painted
Unique Work Yes

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Description

With a loose, confident brushstroke, bamboo rises above a single, roundly painted rock – a reduced yet highly effective motif of classical ink painting. The varying gray tones of the ink lend the leaves an almost tangible lightness.

An accompanying calligraphic inscription with a red artist's seal frames the composition and points to the close connection between painting and poetry in the literati tradition of East Asia. The Kakemono was created in the Shôwa period (1926–1989) on paper.

The Jikusaki made of bone completes the careful classical mounting. A stylish hanging scroll for lovers of reduced, calligraphically inspired ink painting.

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Why does the date of creation sometimes not match the artist's dates

Because the two pieces of information speak about different things: the period designation describes the object – support, colors, condition – while the signature reflects which name appears on the painting. In most cases there is no attempt at deception behind this, but rather Japanese painting training: copying from workshop models was the curriculum for centuries, an utsushi is regarded as a bow to the teacher, workshops signed with the master's name, and artist names were passed down within a school. Such a hanging scroll is therefore not a forgery, but a hand-painted one-of-a-kind that continues the formal language of its school – just not the work of the famous name, and priced accordingly. We explain this in detail in the guide Why does a kakemono often bear the signature of an artist long deceased?.

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