JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 19 121838 watercolor and gouache

watercolor and gouache

17 7/8 x 24 1/2

which does not yet have any serration

‘recently discovered

The Adelphi Buildings stood until the 1930’s

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 19 121838 watercolor and gouacheJAPANESE (Late 19th Century) Lilies Woodblock print and finished by hand on pith laid down on heavier stock 17 x 10 sheet Provenance: Nevins Memorial Library, MA Beautiful hand colored woodcuts from a Japanese nursery catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company for the export market. The company was formed at the end of the nineteenth for the purpose of exporting Japanese plants to the West, capitalizing on the prevailing wave of Japonism. The