Scene of ‘Gwashiki’ from Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1917/1918
Szene aus Katsushika Hokusai «Gwashiki»

Giacometti copied Hokusai’s woodblock print after figure 35 in Friedrich Perzynski’s ‘Hokusai’ (Bielefeld 1904; Künstlermonografien ed. H. Knackfuss, Vol. 58).

Material
Pen in purple ink on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 25.2 cm
Creditline
Kunsthaus Zürich, Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung, 1981
Object number
GS 148.verso
Signature
not inscribed
Provenance