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two pictures of a man and a woman dressed in traditional japanese clothingpainting of a woman in a kimono dress holding a parasolpainting of a man in a kimono outfit holding a fanpainting of a woman in a kimono with a parasola painting of a woman in a kimono holding an umbrellapainting of a woman in a blue kimono with a fanportrait of a man with a mustache and a blue kimono holding a brushpainting of a man in a kimono with a sword and a bookpainting of a man in a black robe holding a fan and a fana painting of a man in a kimono standing in front of a wall
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11 - Philippine school. 19th century.

Estimate €8,500 - €15,000
Sale commission
Description
Philippine school. 19th century. ‘A pair of Japanese-style portraits of Mr Carl Conscience and Mrs Wally Hausmann Pullmann’ Gouache on silk. Dimensions: 109 x 46 cm. The works on display feature portraits of Mr Carl Conscience (Cologne, 1873 – Solingen, 1940) and Mrs Wally Hausmann Pullmann (Cologne, 1874 – Solingen, 1974). These works can be compared to the Portrait of Queen María Cristina Dressed as a Japanese Woman, acquired by the Spanish State through the Ministry of Public Works and currently housed in the Museo del Prado. In that painting, the monarch appears wearing a kimono and holding a parasol, following similar visual conventions. In both cases, the representation is not intended to be ethnographic but rather uses Japanese elements as an aesthetic device to project an image of sophistication and social prestige. This comparison highlights how Japonism was adopted by both the monarchy and colonial elites as a visual language of modernity and cosmopolitanism, demonstrating the wide diffusion of this aesthetic among the circles of power in the late 19th century. Provenance: In the same family since its commission.
About the sale Dialogues with the Past: Vestigia
Auction location
Auction time 07/02/2026 at 7:00 PM
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