URUSHIBARA -- "Stork in Rain"

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Artist Mokuchu (Yoshijiro) URUSHIBARA (1888-1953)
Title "Stork in Rain"
("**")
Date undated (ca1920/30's)
Provenance Purchased London contact.
Series na
Publisher Urushibara carved and printed his own designs.
Seal, Carver/Printer "Pencil-signed" by artist,
red "artist's seal" lower/left
Self-carved, self-printed.
Image Size 10 1/8 x 14 1/2
Impression Very Fine.
Extensive deep "gauffrage"
(embossing) to all of stork's feathers; carved streaks of falling rain; set against a jet-black background.
Condition Nearly Excellent.
Excellent colors.
Clean front and verso.
(Light toning; few scatterd spots; slight wear.)
Reference/Illus na
Comments Wonderfully bold print.
A deeply embossed white stork in a rainfall.
A VERY RARELY seen print.
Item # GG-191
Price $875