Artist |
Takashi ITO (1894-1982) |
Title |
"Ferry at Odai, Tokyo" ("Odai no Watashi") |
Date |
ca1923-32 |
Provenance |
Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps
servicewoman
Verna Woodrich
stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947. |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Watanabe Shozaburo |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
unsealed (not uncommon from Watanabe). Known collected 1947. |
Image Size |
9 1/2 x 14 1/4 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; "gauffrage" (embossing)
to boats and smoke area; deeply saturated colors; highly detailed carving. |
Condition |
Nearly Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso.
(Light toning; soft crease upper sky area; very slight wear.)
All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years. |
Reference/Illus |
na |
Comments |
Colorful and highly detailed harbor scene. Seldom seen.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection.
|
Item # |
SF-51 |
Price |
NOW $700 Special
(was $875) |