Bonzes - Etching on Japan Paper by G. F. Bigot - Tokyo 1886
By George Ferdinand Bigot
Located in Roma, IT
Bonzes is a drypoint on Japon paper, etched on leather, made by Georges Ferdinand Bigot (Paris, 1860 - 1927). From Croquis Japonais, a print suite of 21 drypoints, a collection published at the author's expense in Tokyo in 1886.
Titled on plate on the lower right margin, signed on plate on the lower left "G. Bigot".
Overall very good conditions, except for some sporadic minor stains on the lower margin.
In this modern art print, two bonzes are represented during a Buddhist religious ceremony. The black and gray palette is very broad.
Bónzo, literally "master of the cell" or, according to others, bōshi, i.e. "master of the law", is the title given to religious men...
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1880s George Ferdinand Bigot Art