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| Artist: | Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) — 川瀬巴水 |
| Title: | Washington Monument on the Potomac River — Washington kineto Potomakku kahan |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Privately published |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Privately published |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 36160 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title The Washington Monument
rare: privately commissioned
Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957
Signature Hasui.
Seal Artist's seal (sui).
Dated 1935.
Publisher Watanabe.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Excellent - very good … first edition.
Colors Excellent.
Condition Excellent - very good … A pin sized drying hole on the top left margin corner, two smudges on the upper area of the left margin. (To see the backside of this print, please click on the large image until the last one ).
Description "Washington Kinento - Potomac kahan" (The Washington Monument on the Potomac river. This design was privately commissioned by Takezo SHIOTA in San Francisco. Unlike Hiroshi Yoshida, his equally beluminous fellow Shin Hanga artist, he seldom travelled outside Japan. This one is probably the only design showing a scenery of USA.
Note No Watanabe copyright seal because it was privately commissioned. On the bottom margin, it says, "Hanken Shoyu-sha, Shioda Takezo" (Copyright belongs to Shioda Takezo).
Format Oban tate-e
Width Item 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm
Height Item 15.2 inches = 38.5 cm |
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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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