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Albert Tissandier (1839–1906)
See original version (French)
9
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Albert Tissandier (1839–1906)
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Albert Tissandier (1839–1906)
A famous tree in Japan: the old Karasaki pine, 1890
Graphite pencil enhanced with white gouache.
Signed and dated in the bottom left-hand corner.
26.5 x 36.6 cm
This drawing was published in the scientific journal *La Nature* (second half of 1891, no. 956) to illustrate the article entitled ‘A famous tree in Japan: The Old Pine of Karasaki’. As indicated by the accompanying annotations – “The 1,100-year-old Totsoumatsou pine (a term denoting a sacred pine), situated on the shores of Lake Biwa near the town of Otsu – Omi – Japan” and on the reverse “The Old Karasaki Pine near Otsu, 28 7bre [September] 90”, the work depicts one of the most famous and sacred trees of Meiji-era Japan, the Karasaki no matsu.
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