KIYOSHI -- "White Shawl"

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Artist KOBAYAKAWA Kiyoshi
(1889-1948)
Title "Expression of Eyes"
("Hitomi"--aka White Shawl")
Date 1931 (Later limited edition, 100 copies), c1980's)
Series "Women's Manners of Today" ("Kindai Jisei Sho"--six images, 1930-31)
Publisher Ishukankokai
Seal, Carver/Printer Takano Shichinosuke/Ono Tomisaburo; "watermark"
Image Size 10 1/2 x 17 1/2
Impression Very Fine. Extensively/deeply gauffraged (embossed); overprinted hairlines; skillful "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading.
Condition Pristine. (no flaws noted)
Reference/Illus "The Female Image," Plate #192. Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #118.
Comments Stunning. Re-strike published as small/immediately sold out edition (100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal).
Item # JS-1239
Price (SOLD)