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Title |
"Sunset at Tomonotsu, Inland Sea" ("Seto Naikai, Tomonostu") |
Date |
1940 (likely circa 1940's/50's) |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Watanabe Shozaburo |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Unsealed (not uncommon from Watanabe Publisher), but clearly on "old paper." |
Image Size |
9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
Impression |
Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading throught image; woodgrain visible in sky
area; life-like reflection; highly detailed carving. (Faint ink-smudge center/right.) |
Condition |
Very Good+++. Very good colors. Very clean backside (tiny paper residues verso top).
(Faint mat-line right image; bumped lower/right corner.) |
Reference/Illus |
Chigasaki Museum's 1999 Koitsu Exhibition Catalogue, pl# 18, p33. |
Comments |
Beautiful sunset image--another example of the superb mastery of light for which Koitsu is so well known. |
Item # |
DG-535 |
Price |
$350 (Reserved/EG) |
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