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| Artist: | Jo |
| Title: | Grasshopper and Chrysanthemum |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1930 (in the decade of) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Kato Junji |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Kato Junji |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Mitsugiri
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| Format (this edition): | Mitsugiri |
| DB artwork code: | 43889 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
JO
A Grasshopper on a Chrysanthemum
Date: c. 1930, published by Kato Junji
Size: o-hosoban, approx. 7.5" x 15.75" |
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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:
Condition: VG, minor flaws as shown, full margins, uncirculated print, never framed
Impression: Fine, strong key lines, excellent registration
Color: Fine, with silver mica, deep saturated color and bleed through to verso
Provenance: from the estate of Robert O. Muller (see below for more information)
A tiny grasshopper hides on the leaf of a chrysanthemum. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Jo (active 1920 - 1930) was a shin hanga woodblock artist who specialized in depicting birds and flowers (kacho-e). Little is known of him as an individual, however, there was a resurgent interest in his exceptionally skilled designs after the death in 2003 of noted collector Robert O. Muller. A number of Jo's designs were discovered in Muller's collection. Jo's work was published by Kato Junji, and are noteworthy for their delicate composition and color schemes.
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