A Japanese colour woodblock print by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1859), circa 1841-44.
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Kanbara: "View of the Fuji River from Iwafuchi (Kanbara, Iwafuchi yori Fujikawa o miru zu)", from the series "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)". Sheet size approx. 22 x 32 cm.
Wear. Minor paper damage. Folded in the middle.
Provenance
From the Collection of Axel Sjöberg (1866-1950). Thence by descent. Axel Sjöberg is a well-known Swedish painter, who is famous for his representations of the archipelago around Stockholm. He grew up at Skeppsholmen in Stockholm. In 1880 he was employed by Generalstabens litografiska anstalt where he also came to work with prints and photography. He illustrated several books. In 1909 there was a large exhibition with him at Liljevalchs konsthall but the real breakthrough for him was from his exhibitions in Copenhagen 1917 and at Liljevalchs in 1918
Exhibitions
Compare with a similar impression in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Arts with the accession number: P.75.51.510.
Compare aslo with one at the Art Institue Chicago. Reference Number 1997.762