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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 11, 2019 | Christie's | Online | From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints | 59 | $****** - ****** | Atsuta Terminal of the Shichiri Ferry (Miya: Atsuta no eki Shichiri no watashiguchi); Ferryboats Arriving at the Checkpoint (Arai, Wataribune chakugan gosekisho); The Suzuka Foothills and Suzuka River (Tsuchiyama, Suzuka no fumoto, Suzukagawa) |
Prints & Multiples
36.5 x 24.1 cm (14.37 x 9.49 in)
Each a woodblock print, was an art critic and passionate advocate of modern French painting. An early champion of Vincent van Gogh, Each vertical oban:
each signed Hiroshige hitsu
Julien Leclercq (1865-1901), Paris
possibly purchased from, or a gift from, Siegfried Bing (1838-1905). Fanny Flodin (1868-1954), Helsinki
by bequest from Julien Leclercq
then by descent to the present owners.
Each a woodblock print, published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), and comprising:
- No. 42, Miya: Atsuta Terminal of the Shichiri Ferry (Miya: Atsuta no eki Shichiri no watashiguchi), signed Hiroshige hitsu, 7th month 1855
- No. 32, Arai: Ferryboats Arriving at the Checkpoint (Arai, Wataribune chakugan gosekisho), signed Hiroshige hitsu, 7th month 1855
- No. 50, Tsuchiyama: The Suzuka Foothills and Suzuka River (Tsuchiyama, Suzuka no fumoto, Suzukagawa), signed Hiroshige hitsu, 7th month 1855
Julien Leclercq (1865-1901), the original collector of this collection of Japanese prints (Lots 41, 42, 43, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 of the present sale), was an art critic and passionate advocate of modern French painting. An early champion of Vincent van Gogh, Leclercq first met the artist Paul Gauguin at the home of his neighbours in Paris on rue Vércingetorix - the composer William Molard and the Swedish sculptor Ida Ericson, his wife. The couple's home was a gathering place for artists, musicians and writers and Ericson's and Molard's acquaintances included many eminent contemporaries such as Grieg, Munch, Strindberg, Bonnard and Vuillard. Leclercq, who would later marry the Finnish pianist Fanny Flodin, was a regular visitor.
Following Gauguin's return to Tahiti in 1895, Leclercq moved into his studio, where he was later joined by Flodin after their marriage in 1898. They remained living there until Leclercq’s untimely death in October 1901. It is unclear exactly when and how Leclercq acquired these Japanese prints, however it is most likely due to his friendship with the art dealer, critic and patron, Siegfried Bing. In 1897 Leclercq arranged a selling exhibition of Japanese prints that travelled through Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki. After Leclercq's death, and prior to her return to Helsinki, Flodin sold the majority of the art collection, including works by Van Gogh and Gauguin, but kept the woodblocks and took them with her to Finland. They have remained in the family ever since.
The black and white photograph in the lot images is a portrait of Julien Leclercq with his wife Fanny Flodin and their daughter, Saskia, circa 1897/98. The photograph is for reference only and is not included with the lot.
Each vertical oban:
36.5 x 24.1 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ½ in.)
35.1 x 24.1 cm. (13 ⅞ x 9 ½ in.)
36.5 x 24.1 cm. (14 ⅜ x 9 ½ in.)
