Rare UTAMARO Artistic Japan Double Plate Lithograph 1889 NIGHT order FÊTE Japanese Art Antique Print S.Bing Liberty London Sumida-Gawa

We are offering a selection of rare and exquisite colour and monochrome chromolithographs from the publication:

ARTISTIC JAPAN a monthly illustrated journal.

Publ. St Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane], London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888-1891
Artistic Japan: a monthly illustrated journal of arts and industries

Bing, Samuel, 1838-1905; Huish, Marcus Bourne, 1845-1921; Liberty & Co. (Firm : London)


Among the publications that appeared toward the end of the 19th century with the aim of educating the European and American public about the art of Japan, few were as successful or as visually compelling as ARTISTIC JAPAN. Appearing in monthly instalments from mid 1888-1891 the magazine reached wide audiences by being printed in three languages ( French, German and English). This international character paralleled the breadth of the JAPONISME movement of which ARTISTIC JAPAN became one of the most visible and popular manifestations. The issues were lavishly illustrated, taking advantage of the most modern achievements in colour printing and included examples of Japanese art selected from leading European collections. The magazine became a visual encyclopaedia of Japanese art and a valuable source of inspiration for artists and designers around the globe perhaps most notably the artist Vincent Van Gogh.

Founded and compiled by the German art dealer S. (Siegfied) Bing (1838-1905).

Bing's declared aim in producing the journal was to “stimuler l'intérêt des amateurs”and “exercer une influence sur le goût, la culture, l'art et la constitution des collections publiques et privées” (stimulate the interest of amateurs and to influence the taste, culture, art and formation of public and private collections) in the art of Japan. One of the publication's chief sponsors was the fashionable London retail firm Liberty & Co. who had a full-page colour advertisement for their art fabrics on the back page of every issue of the English edition.The journal contains a series of illustrated essays order on architecture, engraving, Hokusai's “Man-gwa”, the decoration of swords, Ritsuo and his School, netsukés and okimonos, the theatre in Japan, Hiroshigé, the poetic tradition in Japanese art, Animals in Japanese art, and Korin.Among contributors to Artistic Japan were Edmond de Goncourt, Roger Marx, Victor Champier, and Eugène Guillaume. The editor of the English edition was Marcus B. Huish (1843-1921).

Colour chromolithograph. Publ. 1889.

UTAMARO DOUBLE PLATE LITHOGRAPH. Note central fold line.

NIGHT FÊTE By UTAMARO

Condition: Very good, commensurate to age. Age toning and wear to outside border edges.

Dimensions approx: 46.5cm x 32cm (18.5 x 12.5”)

Image size approx: 35.5cm x 26.5cm

This print is over 120 years old and as such paper shows signs of age toning. Please see photos.

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