"Jeune Femme Alanguie" by Micao Kono

Name: "Jeune Femme Alanguie" by Micao Kono
Brand: KONO, MICAO
SKU: 243
Price: 3850.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£3,850

A beautiful early 20th Century oil on canvas painting of a seductive young woman reclining on a daybed. Signed lower left Micao Kono and dated XXXVII (1937).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Framed Height: 64 cm

Framed Width: 72 cm

Condition: Excellent Original Condition

Dated: 1937

Materials: Oil on Canvas

SKU: 243

ABOUT

Micao Kono (Japanese 1876-1954)

Micao Kono was born in Japan, moving to work in Paris in the 1920's. His style, a mixture of Japanese watercolor and figurative Art Deco. He often mixed egg tempera into his oils to achieve a crazed texturing effect in the paint. Many of Kono's subjects focused on the theatrical, in this instance, "Harlequin and Columbine", characters from the Italian Commedia Dell Arte, Harlequin is always courting Columbine to the despair and sadness of Perrot.

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