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| Artist |
TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
| Title |
"Snow" ("Yuki") |
| Date |
1929 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's) |
| Series |
na |
| Publisher |
Ishukankokai |
| Seal, Carver/Printer |
Ito Susumu/Kajikawa Yoshio; watermark |
| Image Size |
10 1/4 x 16 |
| Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face, blanket's colors, and window view; "baren sujizuri" circles to door panels (right); thin "burnished" highlights to black garment's folds; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition |
Excellent. (Flawless--still in original "presentation folder.") |
| Reference/Illus |
"The Female Image," Plate #172. Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #132. |
| Comments |
Lifetime total 21 images (most 1927-33). Re-strike published as small/immediately sold out edition (100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal). |
| Item # |
BG-120 |
| Price |
$1,200 (Sold) |
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