Lot 262
KITAGAWA HIDEMARO (active 1801-1818) AND KITAGAWA TSUKIMARO (active 1794–1836)
EDO PERIOD
Auction: 16 March 2022 from 10:00 GMT
Description
two oban tate-e prints; including one by Kitagawa Hidemaro entitled Kabukoro and Hanamurasaki, signed Hidemaro ga; and one by Kitagawa Tsukimaro from the series Flower Arrangements of Courtesans Blooming in the Four Seasons (Shiki saku yukun ikebana), signed Tsukimaro hitsu
Dimensions
34.1cm x 21cm and 33.5cm x 22.2cm
Provenance
Provenance: From the collection of Arthur Halcrow Verstage
Note: Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969) was an architect who spent much of his career in the public sector. He was a student at the Royal Academy School of Architecture in the 1900s and was elected as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1902. By 1903 he was a student and assistant at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the Central School of Art and Design) in London where William Lethaby was principal and a great influence on him. He then oversaw the design of the new school in Southampton Row from 1905-8. From here he became an architect for London County Council and was involved with many London societies, and as a founding member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, a forerunner to The William Morris Society. His large and varied collection was a reflection of his wide interest in the arts. His archive was purchased by The William Morris Society in 2005.