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Snail
Suzuki Shônen (mentioned on object), 1859 - 1918
With energetic brushwork Suzuki Shonen enlarged the snail until it filled the picture plane. This bravura is also expressed in the enormous signature, and emphasized again in the text of the seal: ‘one sheet out of a thousand, painted in a one day.’ Shonen would have been a young man when he accomplished this tour de force.
- Artwork typehanging scroll
- Object numberAK-RAK-2015-2-10
- Dimensionsheight 8 cm x width 51.5 cm x depth 8.5 cm, height 100 cm x width 50.2 cm, height 175 cm x width 42 cm
- Physical characteristicssumi and colour on paper on bronze silk mounting, wooden rollers in modern box [2461//41]