Collection P. Barboutau : Peintures-estampes & Objets d'Art du Japon dont la vente aura lieu le 3 juin et jours suivants, a l'Hotel Drouot, Salle N8
This is an 1904 Paris auction catalogue from the Hôtel Drouot, offering the collection of P. Barboutau, a dealer and collector, with Japanese paintings, prints and art objects for sale to buyers in Paris. The plates show Japanese ukiyo-e prints and hanging-scroll style paintings of women, with some warriors and street scenes, reproduced in grey monochrome. A designer might take from them the tall vertical strip compositions, the sparse landscape and interior settings, and the calligraphic inscriptions set beside the figures.
