Le Quai Vert, Bruges
Yoshijirô Urushibara (1888-1953)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1919
Materials
Coloured print on paper
Measurements
680 x 769 x 18 mm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 196934
Summary
Coloured print on paper from woodblock print, Le Quai Vert, Bruges, Yoshijirô Urushibara (1888-1953) after Sir Frank William Brangwyn, RA (Bruges 1867 – Ditchling 1956), signed in pencil Y. Urushibara (with seal) and Frank Brangwyn. A scene of the canal running through Bruges at night. Mounted in off white card in a rectangular wooden frame with traces of gilding. From Bruges by Yoshijiro Urushibara; one of a series of wood engravings in the Japanese manner, after drawings by Frank Brangwyn with poems by Laurence Binyon. (Edition of 50).
Provenance
Claimed from the estate of Lady Elizabeth Brunner in 2003 by Barnabas Brunner and gifted to the National Trust in October 2021.
Marks and inscriptions
Signed in lower right hand corner in pencil: F. Brangwyn Signed in lower left hand corner in pencil: Y. Urishibara
Makers and roles
Yoshijirô Urushibara (1888-1953), artist after Sir Frank William Brangwyn, RA (Bruges 1867 – Ditchling 1956), artist