Description
The text is a Japanese haiku by Takashi Matsumoto, translating to “Loneliness while the snow stops in a snowy country“; edition is scratched onto bottom right
Solitude in Snow Country
Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
Solitude in Snow Country- Artist : Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
- Edition : 4/30
- Date : c. 1950
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : FWG249005
- Condition : No condition problems to note
- Image size : 11 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches
- Comments : The text is a Japanese haiku by Takashi Matsumoto, translating to "Loneliness while the snow stops in a snowy country"; edition is scratched onto bottom right
- Provenance : Sekino Family Collection
- RESERVED
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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Solitude in Snow Country
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