Shunkei Mori
Monkeys - Japanese Artist, 1800-1830
Ink, gold leaf on paper
63 1/2 × 54 1/4 in / 161.3 × 137.8 cm
$ 29,000.00
Stunning work of frolicking monkeys. Masterfully designed and rendered. Japanese Screen: Two Panel, Monkeys br Cavorting in the Landscape of Pine Trees, Rocks with Vegetation and Hills is the Background,...
Stunning work of frolicking monkeys. Masterfully designed and rendered. Japanese Screen: Two Panel, Monkeys br Cavorting in the Landscape of Pine Trees, Rocks with Vegetation and Hills is the Background, the Expression on the Monkey's Faces and the Fine Strokes to Delineate Fur Are Dexterously Painted Samples of Shunkei Mori work can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago among others. He is also known for his depictions of insects with an acute observation of the natural world. The world looks elegant and stunning in person - PUBLISHED: Izumi Mari et al., Jidai byobu shuka zokuhen Sequel to Masterpieces of Folding Screens: Momoyama through Meiji Era (Kyoto: Shikosha Art Books, 1993), pl.63.