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Hirai, Baisen 平井 楳仙 (1889 - 1969)

swallows in the rain Signed: Baisen Sealed: Baisen Date: 1950-60 Size: 181 x 46 cms (mounting) 119 x 42 cms (painting) 71 x 18 inch (mounting) 47 x 17 inch (painting) Technique: colours on silk Condition: very good; green silk mounting with a striking rain pattern; ichimonji showing small gold crabs on a beige ground; bone rollers, wooden box Price: SOLD Euro Literature: Roberts, p. 43 Morioka and Berry, pp. 270-274 Hirai Baisen has experimented with the theme of 'wetness': hydrangeas and bamboo shoots are shown in a kind of misty vagueness, as if one is looking through a damp window. The painting has decidedly not got any water damage! Signature: See signature Detail: See detail Mounting: See mounting