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| Artist: | Shima Tamami — 島 珠実 |
| Title: | Avec (Together) — アベック |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1961 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 32013 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title: Dating Couple
Artist: Tamami Shima 1937-1999
Description: "Avec". Two birds in love on the abstract red background.
Signature: "Tamami Shima" in pencil on the lower margin (difficult to see).
Dated: 1961.
Medium/Technique: Woodblock print.
Width Item: 11.5 inches = 29.3 cm
Height Item: 16.9 inches = 42.8 cm
There appears to be a first edition of 100 and then a later open edition.
This print was later reissued by Takagi Shiro in 1970 after Shima Tamami moved to the USA. |
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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:
Wednesday, 22 March 2006
1961 TAMAMI SHIMA WOODBLOCK PRINT Pencil Signed
Size:print is 10 1/2 " By 22 frame is 19 1/2 X 22"
Condition: Very Good
You are bidding on a Japanese woodblock print made By Tamami Shima in 1961.She was born in Hirosaki Japan in 1937.
Shima's designs are reknown for their use of texture, and especially for her striking use of various woodgrain patterns within a single image.
There are no rips or tears. There is a light 2 inches crease on the right side and a small one on the left side. The print is pencil signed and dated.
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