Artist: Bunya Ioki
Title: Moonlight view of Mt. Fuji as seen from Shizuoka
Date: Not set
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Description:
from a small, attached typewritten tag attached to the back of this work appears the title-- moonlight view of mt. fuji as seen from shidsuoka at the tokaido highway. this work also displays "hand painted vantine's n.y." impressed on the back at lower left, and shows numbers 15553/17086. this work has been examined by two cognizant individuals (one of which served apprenticeship at the m.o.m.a.) and deemed a true watercolor. the work is 4"wide x 11" tall. another set of numbers appears on the back, possibly indicating it has been sold twice. the backing was quite old, and the glass quite rippled and uneven. we had the painting de-acidified and remounted in the apparently original wood frame with acid free paper. the frame was then re-painted gold. due to its age, and the likelihood it hung in a non-climate controlled environment, there ARE some very light moisture stains at the top, in the clouds. we were advised these were not sufficient to warrant a restoration, also approx 1/8 of discoloration around the border because the original framing rested the work against the frame. the work has now been spaced back from resting against the frame, and now is not readily discernible Later: you are engaged in the perusal of a small approx. 4"x11" original watercolor painting by known artist bunsai, who took the westernized name bunya. the work is entitled "moonlight view of mt. fuji as seen from shidsuoka at the tokaido highway".
