Portrait of Koujin Rineyama: Pastel and Woodblock
Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
Portrait of Koujin Rineyama: Pastel and Woodblock- Artist : Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
- Date : 1981
- Medium : pastel and charcoal on paper, woodblock
- Item# : 271023
- Condition : Minor soiling fron charcoal on front of smaller work; light soiling; staining and wrinkling to margins and on reverse of larger completed work
- Dimensions : 23 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches
- Illustrated : Paper Walls, pls. 55-56
- Comments : Dimensions shown are for the paste; the woodblock is a trial print, with hand applied pigments; measuring 33 x 21 1/2 inches
- Provenance : Sekino Family Collection
- SOLD
About The Artist
Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988Born 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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