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Cordon Bleu — コルドンブルー
by Takasawa Keiichi

	Artist:	Takasawa Keiichi — 高沢圭一
	Title:	Cordon Bleu — コルドンブルー
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	30/04/1984
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Asuka Shobo — あすか書房
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Asuka Shobo — あすか書房
	Medium (first edition):	Lithograph
	Medium (this edition):	Lithograph
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	37468
	Notes (first edition)?:	高沢圭一●裸婦●リト●直筆サイン●手刷自選●名品● ■商品説明 ■この作品は、高沢圭一の画題が＜コンドン・ブルー＞のリトグラフ、直筆サイン入りの作品です。 ■寸法 作品(３０．５ｃｍ×４２．５ｃｍ）
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	Artist Bio:	Takasawa Keiichi was born in Gunma prefecture in 1914. In 1936 he dropped out of Nihon University school of technology, and subsequently he studied with Fujita Tsugeharu, who strongly influenced him. In 1937 he joined the Army News Department in Shanghai. In 1939 he won the Asahi award for one of his paintings. After the war he started making illustrations for women's magazines, and he was the author of A pictorial story of the kimono (1947), and of Women of Japan (1955). He also made woodblock prints, often based on his paintings. In 1974 an 1975 he had two major exhibitions in Paris. In 1977 an important publication on his paintings, Takasawa Keiichi ga shu appeared. The slender, long necked beauty often appeared in his works was said to be his wife. たかざわ・けいいち　大正３年群馬県生まれ　日大芸術学科中退　挿絵を描くかたわら現代美人画（油絵）の制作に情熱を注ぎ各地で個展　1974年パリのバンドーム画廊で「花と蝶」と題する個展を開き話題を集める　1975年フランス　ル・サロン展で受賞　「婦人公論」の表紙絵を担当する　1976年随筆「画になる女」第一回日本随筆家協会賞受賞