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Floating World Gallery | Victory of the Corethron

Victory of the Corethron

Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988

Artist : Sekino, Jun'ichiro, 1914-1988
Edition : 2/20
Date : 1952
Medium : etching
Item# : 271047
Condition : Tears and cracks in margins; thin backing; minor toning
Image size : 17 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches
Illustrated : Aomori Exhibition, pl. 55
Comments : Pencil signature
Provenance : Sekino Family Collection
Price : $1,800

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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