$275
Japanese, Edo Period (1603-1868). Early Edo period figural scroll painting depicting an aerial view of three figures (two women and one man) in an interior with stylized gilt clouds, gilt accented screens and gardens, possibly telling the story of Isozaki and his two wives. Surround in lgiht blue and patterned golden yellow to orange silk. Image size approximately 10.25" x 8.5". Overall approximate height 54.5", width of handle 16.5". Provenance: From the Estate of Mr. Soichi Furuta, Woodstock, Georgia. Note: Soichi Furuta (1927-2011) was a Renaissance Man of sorts, beginning his career in fine art arena. After attending UCLA, he joined a creative design and packaging firm in New York where he later became president. The firm (Stuart, Gunn & Furuta) was responsible for packaging design for a number of major brands including Michelob, Hershey's, Vicks, and Nestle. Concurrently, Mr. Furuta taught graduate-level courses in design at the City University in New York, later, he served as an adjunct professor of literature at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in North Carolina. Later in life, Furuta penned a dozen books in both English and Japanese with subjects ranging from poetry to translations and even a memoir. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for his book of poetry, "Montefeltro the Hawk Nose" that references the artwork of the Italian painter Piero della Francesca. Soichi Furuta's fine tuned sense of poetry, aesthetics and simple beauty are apparent throug Read more…
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-03-22
