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Artist |
TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
Title |
"Rain" ("Ame") |
Date |
1929 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's.) |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Ishukankokai Publisher |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
ITOH Susumu/UCHIKAWA Matashiro; watermarked "Sanso." |
Image Size |
10 1/4 x 15 7/8 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face and yellow of umbrella;
"baren sujizuri" circles to umbrella's underside; light "gauffrage" to hair, umbrella, and rain; highly detailed
carving. |
Condition |
Excellent. (No flaws noted--absolutely flawless.) |
Reference/Illus |
"The Female Image," Plate #173; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #131. |
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-60 |
Price |
$1850 (Sold/JZ) |
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