2006 Acquisitions
Please note that recent acquisitions are not necessarily on display in the museum.
Convolvulus and Tree-frog"]
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Convolvulus and Tree-frog
Colour print from woodblocks, from the untitled series of ten prints published by Nichimuraya Yohachi (Eijūdo) c.1832; signed: zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu; publisher’s mark Eijūdo; censor’s seal: kiwame; from the collection of Edwin and Irma Grabhorn, by whom sold to Israel Goldman in 2006; reproduced in Jack Hillier, Landscape Prints of Old Japan, The Book Club of San Francisco, 1960, plate 24.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Femme Torero (or Dernier Baiser)
1934, etching printed on vergé de Montval paper, 49.6 x 69.2 cm
Bought from the Gow Fund with contributions from
The Art Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund 2006 (P.17-2006).
La Grande Corrida avec Femme Torero
1934, etching printed on vélin de Rives paper, 49 x 64 cm
Bought from the Gow Fund with contributions from
The Art Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund 2006 (P.16-2006).