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Shiryu Morita (1912-1998) Dragon Knows Dragon (Ryu wa ryu o shiru)1989 image 1
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Lot 26TP

Shiryu Morita
(1912-1998)
Dragon Knows Dragon (「龍知龍」Ryu wa ryu o shiru)
1989

15 October 2021, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Shiryu Morita (1912-1998)

Dragon Knows Dragon (「龍知龍」Ryu wa ryu o shiru)
1989

signed and titled in Japanese, dated 1989, and stamped with the artist's seal on the artist's label affixed to the reverse
aluminium flake pigment in polyvinyl acetate medium and alkyd varnish on paper, mounted as a folding screen

161 by 321 cm.
63 3/8 by 126 3/8 in.


Footnotes

We are grateful to Sousai Inada, Director, Bokujinkai and Soryusha, for his assistance in cataloguing this work.

Provenance
Yamada Gallery, Kyoto
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1998

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