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Floating World Gallery | Boy with Fish Costume

Boy with Fish Costume

Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988

Artist : Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
Date : c. 1950
Medium : woodblock
Item# : FWG249002
Condition : Transfer stains; minor toning
Image size : 14 x 11 1/8 inches
Comments : Part of an untitled series of toy prints; dimensions shown are for entire sheet
Provenance : Sekino Family Collection
Price : $200

About The Artist

Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988

Born in Aomori. From boyhood knew Munakata Shiko as a charismatic painter a few years his senior. Sekino made woodblock prints with friends while still in middle school. Studied etching in Aomori with Kon Junzo. Contributed to Chokokuto in 1932, Shin hanga in 1935. Exhibited with Nihon Hanga Kyokai from 1932. Moved to Tokyo in 1939 after winning a 1936 Teiten prize for an etching. Studied etching at Etching Institute of Nishida Takeo and oil painting and drawing at a private painting scho.....

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