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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Summer in Itako — 潮来の夏 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1945 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1945/46 (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shoichiro — 渡辺章一郎 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Mitsugiri
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| Format (this edition): | Mitsugiri |
| DB artwork code: | 29358 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Summer at Itako Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 川瀬巴水「潮来の夏」昭和20年(1945)渡邊版 Seal Hasui Dated undated (ca. 1945-46) Publisher Watanabe Technique/Medium Woodblock print.
Description "Itako no Natsu" The summer at Itako. Note No Watanabe seals (same as the image on the reference book). Provenance: Robert O. Muller Estate Width 6.9 inches = 17.5 cm Height 14.8 inches = 37.5 cm Literature Brown, Kendall; Amy Reigle Newland, "Kawase Hasui; The Complete Woodblock Prints", Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, KIT Publishers, 2003, ISBN: 9074822460, - pg.533, pl.477 |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Artist: Kawase Hasui
Date: 1945/46 (undated on print)
Subject: Summer in Itako (Itako no natsu)
Format: Measures: 6.75" x 14.5"
Publisher: Watanabe (this design as illustrated in the new "Kawase Hasui" volume (No.477 in catalogue) has no publisher seal or date but was produced by Watanabe).
Condition: Excellent color & impression. Print may be very slightly toned with some minor toning spots on the verso margin which don't show through.
NOTE: A seldom seen design and unusual format. This is an original and early impression and NOT a later impression like most Hasui prints on Ebay.
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| Artist Bio: |
川瀬 巴水。1883年(明治16年)5月18日 - 1957年(昭和32年)11月7 日)。大正・昭和期の浮世絵師、版画家。1918年 (大正7年)、風景画家として世に出る。以後、数多くの木版画を発表。 衰退した日本の浮世絵版画を復興すべく吉田博らとともに新しい浮世絵版画の叙情的世界に、自然に肉薄する近代人の視点を導入することにより、独自の世界を展開した。享年74歳。 |
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