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Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Taikyo (Before the Mirror)
Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972
Taikyo (Before the Mirror)- Artist : Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972
- Edition : 44/100
- Date : 1916
- Medium : woodblock
- Item# : 910230
- Condition : No condition problems to note
- Image size : 16 7/8 x 11 inches
- Illustrated : Shinsui, pl. 1
- Comments : Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
- SOLD
About The Artist
Shinsui, Ito, 1898-1972Born in Tokyo. Original name Ito Hajime. Started working in drawing department of a Tokyo printing company at age 12; then studied with Kaburagi Kiyokata. Well known as Japanese-style painter; exhibited at Bunten, Teiten, and Nitten. Discovered by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1916; Watanabe and Shinsui collaborated for 25 years; Watanabe exported hundreds of Shinsui prints. Shinsui's landscape series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (Omi Hakkei), 1917-1918, inspired Kawase Hasui, another prolific collabor.....
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Taikyo (Before the Mirror)
$115,000.00
Published by The S. Watanabe Color Print Co.; A-type seal; first-state; limited edition seal on reverse; silver mica background
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