Artist |
TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
Title |
"Applying Powder" ("Kesho") |
Date |
1929 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's.) |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Ishukankokai Publisher |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Itoh Susumu/Watanabe Yoshiaki; watermarked. |
Image Size |
10 1/4 x 16 (plus wide margins) |
Impression |
Very Fine. Nicely over-printed hairlines; superb "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face, hand and
body; light "gauffrage" to face, hand, and red robe; light "burnishing" to hair; bold "sujizuri" tracings to
background; highly detailed carving. |
Condition |
Excellent. (No flaws noted.) |
Reference/Illus |
Cover illustration to "The Female Image" book; "The Female Image," Plate #167; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition,"
Plate #127. |
Comments |
Lifetime total 21 images (most 1927-34). "Re-strike" published as a small, immediately sold out edition
(100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal). |
Item # |
DG-374 |
Price |
$1950 (Sold/CC) |