Artist |
Koitsu TSUCHIYA (1870-1949) |
Title |
"Morigasaki Coast" ("Morigasaki Kaigan") |
Date |
ca1930 |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Kawaguchi |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
K & S "D-seal" (used 1931-40's) Maeda/Komatsu. |
Image Size |
10 1/4 x 14 7/8 ("dai-oban," large oban) |
Impression |
Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to
moon, water reflections, and silhouettes; very finely carved details, crisp key-lines. |
Condition |
Nearly Excellent. Excellent, strong colors. (Light toning; few surface
scratches; "bumping" bottom corners;" light wear.) |
Reference/Illus |
Ross Walker's "Catalogue Raisonne of Tsuchiya Koitsu" p262, pl# 8.3
and book's FRONT coverpiece. |
Comments |
Exhibits the superb mastery of light for which Koitsu is so well known.
Chosen as THE Koitsu print to be on the front cover of a catalogue raisonne of
all of Koitsu's lifetime works by Ross Walker. RARELY seen. |
Item # |
EG-241 |
Price |
$3600 (Sold/NK) |