The Property of an American Gentleman, Formerly in the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido (Tokaido Ejiri Tago-no-ura ryakuzu) | Edo period, 19th century
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December 16, 02:42 PM GMT
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The Property of an American Gentleman, Formerly in the Collection of Frank Lloyd Wright
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido (Tokaido Ejiri Tago-no-ura ryakuzu)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, the former Hokusai), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1830-31, black outline
Horizontal oban: 25.4 x 36.5 cm., 10 x 14½ in.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), Dr Paul F. Clark and thence by descent
A different impression of the same print is in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts (The MAK), Vienna, inventory number BI 17427-13, go to:
https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collection_online?id=collect-198274
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American architect and designer. He was a pioneer of the Prairie School architectural movement, as well as the concept of the Usonian home. Outside of his sphere as an architect, Wright was also a prominent dealer, collector and connoisseur of Japanese art. Wright sold a legacy of his woodblock prints to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET) between 1918-22. Wright acquired an extensive collection of Japanese works of art on numerous visits to Japan during the construction of the second Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, in 1919-1923, and was profoundly inspired by Japanese graphic design.
Dr. Paul F. Clark was a professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School between 1914 and 1952. He also acted as dean of the Microbiology department and served as president of the American Bacteriology Society. In 1967, Clark wrote The University of Wisconsin Medical School: A Chronicle 1848–1948.