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| Artist: | Kotozuka Eiichi (1906-) — 琴塚英一 |
| Title: | Squirrel and grapes |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Uchida — 内田 |
| 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: | 42883 |
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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, 4 April 2011
Title Squirrel and grapes
hand signed, limited edition
Artist Eiichi Kotozuka 1906-1979
Signature "Kotozuka Eiichi" signed in pencil on the right margin.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated Ca. 1950s.
Publisher Uchida.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Impression Very good.
Colors Excellent.
Condition Excellent - Very good ... Slightly creased.
Edition Size 100
Numbered 65 / 100
Description A squirrel is trying to get the grapes.
Width Item 18.9 inches = 48.0 cm
Height Item 15.2 inches = 38.5 cm |
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| Artist Bio: |
KOTOZUKA, EIICHI was born in Osaka in 1906. He studied at the Kyoto Specialist School of Painting and in the late 1940s was one of the four artists who founded a co-operative publishing company called Koryokusha in an effort to gain an artistic expression free of the major houses. Tokuriki, Tobei and Tasaburo were the other three involved. He has created quite a number of woodblocks covering unique scenes of Japanese tradition, flowers, landscapes and wildlife. He was a member of the Seiryusha Group of Liberal Artists and Died in 1979.
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