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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 18 April 2005
Title Hibiya
Artist Noel Nouet 1885-1944
Signature Noel Nouet in the plate
Dated 1936
Publisher Doi
Technique/Medium Woodblock print
Impression excellent … (early printing, before W.W.II) printed on "do" water marked paper
Colors excellent - very good
Condition very good … light toning, several faint foxing.
Description From Nouet's most famous series, "Tokyo Fukei" (Scenery of Tokyo), "Hibiya". The Kumogata Pond surrounded by dense greens in Hibiya Park. Contrast to the dark middleground, the tall Hibiya Public Hall glimmers in the sunset on the background. The intricatly carved black lines for which Nouet's prints were known, were based on his detailed pen sketches.
Note carver Ikeda, printer Yokoi
Width 10.6 inches = 27.0 cm
Height 15.7 inches = 40.0 cm
Literature "Hanga ni Miru Tokyo no Fukei" (The Scenery of Tokyo in Prints: From the Great Kanto Earthquake to Before World War II), Tokyo; Folk Museum of Ota City, 2002, - pg. 67, pl.266 |
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| Artist Bio: |
NOEL NOUET was a French artist who designed prints of Tokyo land-and-citiscapes. Little is known about Nouet's formative years. During the 1930's and 40's, he worked as the director of La Maison Franco-Japonaise and was a lecturer at Tokyo University. In 1935, Nouet began collaborating with the Tokyo publisher Doi Teiichi. His first woodblock prints were monochrome, based on his pen and ink sketches. These prints include "Gate of Zozoji Temple" and "Kikyo Gate of the Emperor's Palace". In 1936, Doi and Nouet produced a series of color woodblock prints called "Ten Views of Tokyo". All of these prints are signed and dated in English within the image. In 1946, Nouet published a book of his drawings called Tokyo: Fifty Sketches. He also wrote several books on Japanese history.
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