Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842-1894), Three Painted Album Leaves
Ink and color with gold on silk, each signed and with one seal, mounted on board with gold flecking, framed (two as a pair), matted, and glazed. Comprising:
-Walking Along a River Bank By Full Moon
-Boats Under a Bridge
-Gathering at Asakusa Temple in the Snow
Note:
For an album of eight similar paintings by Hiroshige III, on mounts of similar scale, see Sotheby's, London, December 14, 2021, lot 144.
According to an entry on the Williams College Library site (https://specialcollections.williams.edu/williams-history/presidents/dennett-tyler/)
Dennett embarked on journalism around 1908, and went on to become a distinguished historian and professor, publishing Americans in East Asia in 1922. He was Chief of the Division of Publications and Editor (1924-1929) and Historical Advisor (1929-1932) at the U. S. State Department. He chaired the new School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (1931-1934) and won a Pulitzer prize in 1934 for his biography of John Hay. He served as the 9th president of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, from 1934-1937.
Including mount 14 1/4 x 15 1/2 in., 36.2 x 39.4 cm.; Frame (largest) 19 x 19 1/2 in., 48.3 x 49.5 cm.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Acquired by Dr. Tyler Dennett (American, 1883-1949), thence by descent.
