HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 31, 1823 vasi Having fled Russia during the

Having fled Russia during the revolution and sustaining himself in Paris by playing guitar in cabarets

Raised in an aristocratic family

con la figura perpendicolare al piano con la testa girata

and Hong Kong

abstraction is born: colors cross the drawn limits

HOKUSAI KATSUSHIKA, Ippitsu Gafu n. 31, 1823 vasi Having fled Russia during theSeries: Collection of sketches with a single brushstroke; Conveying the spirit and revealing the form of things through the album of drawings with a single brushstroke (Denshin kaishu Ippitsu Gafu) Technique: Sumizuri e, woodblock prints in two or three tones of pink, turquoise, and black Format: Chubon (approximately mm 174x122) Signatures: Zen Hokusai Iitsu Aratame Gakyorojin Manji Artist's seal: Fuji no Yama Dates: Woodblocks carved around 1823;