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Commissioned for

Mary Alice Ercolini

Signed

No

Description

Etched bookplate on textured, purple paper, in black ink, made for Mary Alice Ercolini. The paper features streaks of white, green, dark purple, and tan. After Okumura Masanobu, it depicts a man and woman in Japanese dress. Both seated, the man leans over the woman's shoulder, and holds with one hand the flute she is playing. There is a tree branch in blossom to the left of the figures.

Condition

Affixed on cardstock paper.

Object Type

Bookplate

Language

English

Object Size

13.5 x 9.5 cm

Bookplate Collection Number

BA176

Subject

Bookplate designers

Subject

Bookplates--Specimens

Subject

Books—Owners’ marks

Part of

Bookplate Collection of Christine Price

Donor

Christine Price

Digital Publisher

Copley Library, University of San Diego

Date Digitized

2021-12-06 00:00

Image Format

image/jpeg

Image File Size

1,162 KB

Image File Location

Cop-Darc (\\Otay.sandiego.edu\Dept17)(S:)Bkplate_Art_Blake-S017.tif

Repository

Special Collections, Copley Library, University of San Diego

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