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| Artist: | Iwata Sentaro (1901-1974) — 岩田専太郎 |
| Title: | Flowers — 華燈 |
| Series: | The Heart of a Woman — 女ごころ |
| Date of first edition?: | 1979 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Adachi |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Adachi |
| 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: | 39980 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Edition size of 450.
Retail price of 155,000 yen for the three series prints when published. Published by Adachi for Mainichi Newspaper.
岩田専太郎
木版画 三撰【女ごころ 華燈】
アダチ版画 毎日新聞社 |
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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:
Tuesday, 2 January 2007
Title Maiko
Artist Sentaro Iwata 1901-1974
Signature "Sen Iwata"
Seal artist's seal
Dated ca. 1970
Medium/Technique Woodblock print
Impression excellent - very good … embossed
Colors excellent … gold colored metallic pigment, white pigment
Condition excellent - very good … light toning, lightly creased.
Description Head portrait of a "maiko". This print was presumably published by Takamizawa.
Format Dai-Oban
Width Item 11.8 inches = 30.0 cm
Height Item 17.3 inches = 44.0 cm
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| Artist Bio: |
岩田専太郎 いわた-せんたろう
1901－1974 大正-昭和時代の挿絵画家。
明治34年6月8日生まれ。伊東深水にまなび、20歳のとき博文館の「講談雑誌」に挿絵をかく。
大正15年から「大阪毎日新聞」連載の吉川英治「鳴門秘帖(なるとひちょう)」の挿絵が評判をよび、
モダン浮世絵とよばれる美人画はその後幅ひろい支持をえた。
挿絵はほかに大仏(おさらぎ)次郎「赤穂(あこう)浪士」、川口松太郎「蛇姫様」などがある。
昭和49年2月19日死去。72歳。東京出身。
画集に「三百年のおんな」、随筆に「女・おんな・女」「わが半生記」など。 |
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