OKADA -- "Surfer Girl" #50/100

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Artist Yoshio OKADA
(1934-present,
active ca1970's/80's)
Title "Surfer Girl" (given title)
Date 1974
(Limited Edition #50/100)
Series na
Publisher Kadokawa Shoten(??)
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 (oversized)
Impression Very Fine. Extensive deep "gauffrage" (embossing) to waves and foam; highly detailed carving.
Condition Excellent
Nicely "age-mellowed" paper.
(No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus na
Comments A strikingly voluptuous modern-day "bijin-ga" image--surfing eyes-closed under a curling wave. Virtually an unheard-of artist whose prints are quite RARE. (A reliable source in Tokyo tells us that "most Okada prints are found badly foxed.")
NOTE: Our source indicates edition is now "Sold out." (Stock photos--virtually identical as shown.)
Item # GG-171
Price $2250 (Sold/JH)