The Japanese Scroll, James Tissot, oli on panel, roughly 15 x 2 in. (39 x 57 cm). Link is to image page on Wikimedia Commons, Original is in a private collection, image sourced form past Christie’s auction.
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The soft light, informal pose and seemingly mundane subject matter might tempt us to think of this as a casual sketch, but it actually looks caresully ocmposed and executed. Tissot, noted for his paintings of society life, was well versed in the depiction of coltherng draperies and incidental furnishings.
I love the way he’s suggested the upside down and foreshortened. images on the scroll.
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