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Collection

Nagasawa ROSETSU

(Japan 1754–1799)

Title
Fish and crayfish
Place of origin
Japan
Period
Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
Year
circa 1780s
Media category
Painting
Materials used
hanging scroll; ink and colour on paper
Dimensions

121.0 x 48.5cm image; 213.0 x 63.1 x 69.0cm scroll [height x width x rod]

Signature & date
Signed u.l., in Japanese [inscribed in ink] "(illeg.) Rosetsu [artist's seal]". Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1979
Accession number
329.1979
Location
Not on display
Bibliography (2)

Jackie Menzies, The Australian Antique Collector, 'Recent Japanese Acquisitions at the Art Gallery of New South Wales', pg. 90-95, Chippendale, Jan 1981-Jun 1981, 92 (illus.).

Jackie Menzies, Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, 'Asian Art', pg. 85-103, Sydney, 1981, 100 (illus.). cat.no. 30

Exhibition history (1)

Brushstrokes from Asia (1997), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 25 Jan 1997–20 Apr 1997