YAMAKAWA, Shuho -- "Premonition of Snow" (#2)

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Artist YAMAKAWA, Shuho
(1898-1944)
Title "Premonition of Snow"
("Yuki-moyoi")
Date 1927 (early edition)
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by a southwest print collector/dealer.
Series "Four Images of Women"
(1927-28) ("Fujo Yondai")
Publisher Bijutsusha
(Tokyo, 1920's/30's)
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 9 3/8 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine.
Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to hair, cheeks, eyes, and comb; "gauffrage" to hair-piece; soft creamish "mica" to background; over-printing to hair; highly detailed carving.
Condition Good++ to Very Good. Very good colors. Clean front and verso. (Soft diagonal crease; invisible archival repair verso/top 1 1/2 inch; light toning; few scattered marks.)
Reference/Illus "Female Image," Plate #153.
Comments Clothed in her winter kimono, this beauty senses the approach of an early snow.
Early Edition. Rarely seen.
Item # FW-04
Price Bi-Weekly Special $525 SOLD/JW
(Reg $675)