Joan Beauregard, Sesshu - 1420-1506, graphite, date: unknown, location: Rockland - Clamshell Box - Drawings and Sketches, pencil and ink - 8 x 5" - C

Serial number

B0837

Subject

Landscape

Size

8 1/2 x 6"

Medium

graphite

Ground

paper

Condition

good - see notes

Condition notes

left edge is folded over to crop the drawing

Notes

Sesshū Tōyō was the most prominent Japanese master of ink and wash painting from the middle Muromachi period. He was born into the samurai Oda family, then brought up and educated to become a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest.

Description

pencil drawing of mountains and trees, likely a copy of a piece by Sesshu Toyo, seen in a museum

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