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| Artist: | Hagiwara Hideo (b. 1913) |
| Title: | Hunting |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1965 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 44920 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Hideo HAGIWARA 1913-2007, self printed woodblock, embossed from back, titled "Hunting" in pencil, 1965. Signed and addition number 12/50 in pencil with date 65, additional pencil notations in middle bottom margin have unknown significance to me. Fine impression, embossed from back, excellent colors with mica highlights and other techniques. Appears to be a abstract or mythical creature stalked by a hunter at night. This was a highly creative period for Hideo. 8 x 14 3/8 inches sheet size, composition 7 5/16 x 13 1/4 inches. Extremely rare print. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Hideo Hideo Hagiwara (萩原 英雄, 1913 – November 4, 2007) was a Japanese artist who worked mainly with woodblock prints. He was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. Between 1921 and 1929 he lived in Korea and Manchuria. He studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, where he graduated at the Oil Painting Section in 1938. While still there he attended Un'ichi Hiratsuka's extracurricular woodblock printing course, and in the same year he became quality controller at the Takamizawa Woodblock Print Company. He wasconscripted into the army in 1943. In 1945 he had lost his house, his atelier and nearly all his early works. Around 1950 he had sufficiently recovered to start painting again. At the same time he started making Sōsaku Hanga, both figurative and abstract prints. He was known as a constant innovator and he was generally considered one of the best post-WWII Sōsaku Hanga artists.
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