Preisspanne: €64.88 bis €94.88
A red koi and a golden koi, their fins and tails trailing, swim down toward a large dark carp whose scales fade from a black back to a pale silver belly as it glides to the right. Round lily pads and several white buds on green stems float at the upper right of the pale aqua water. The artist’s brushed signature and two seals sit at the lower left, with a small publisher’s label at the right edge.
Ohara Koson (1877–1945) was the leading bird-and-flower (kachō-ga) artist of the shin-hanga movement. Trained in Kanazawa and Tokyo in the Shijō painting tradition, he designed prints from around 1900, first for export publishers and from 1926 for Watanabe Shōzaburō under the name Shōson. Herons in snow, crows on a branch, goldfish and sparrows are drawn with a naturalist’s precision and printed with soft gradations and embossed feathers. His prints are held by the Rijksmuseum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.
