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Self Portrait with Traffic Lights
Self Portrait with Traffic Lights
Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
Self Portrait with Traffic Lights
Artist : Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
Edition : 3/30
Date : c. 1950s
Medium : etching
Item# : FWG14905
Condition : Minor foxing
Image size : 13 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches
Provenance : Sekino Family Collection
Price : $1,000
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.....