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Woman in the Summer - Bathrobe

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Woman in the Summer - Bathrobe 夏の女 浴衣
by Takasawa Keiichi

Original caretaker of this artwork: Art and Designs of Japan

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Artist: Takasawa Keiichi 高沢圭一
Title: Woman in the Summer - Bathrobe 夏の女 浴衣
Series: Collection of Self Selected Works 高沢自選画集
Date of first edition?1977
Publisher (first edition)?Not Set
Publisher (this edition)?Not Set
Medium (first edition): Lithograph
Medium (this edition): Lithograph
Format (first edition): Large Oban
Format (this edition): Large Oban
DB artwork code: 45595
Notes (first edition)?
A "yokui" is a light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe.
Notes (this edition)?
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Title Takasawa Keiichi Self Selected Works Collection - Bath Robe
Artist Keiichi Takasawa 1914-1984
Description Lithograph print series made after Takasawa's famous works, "Takasawa Keiichi Jisen Gashu" (Takasawa Keiichi Self Selected Works Collection). "Natsu no Onna" (Woman in the Summer). "Yokui" (Woman in bath robe).
Keiichi Takasawa was a renowned bijin-ga painter. He made numerous illustrations and commercial art projects as well as the traditional Nihon-ga. The slender, long necked beauty often appeared in his works was said to be his wife.
Signature "Keiichi Takasawa" printed in the image.
Dated The series was made in 1977.
Medium/Technique Lithograph.
Impression Excellent ... Printed on a glossy, stock paper.
Colors Excellent.
Condition Excellent - very good ... The print comes in the original folder.
Numbered 47 / 150
Note The edition number was printed on the cover page of the series, not on the individual print.
Width Item 13.6 inches = 34.5 cm
Height Item 17.1 inches = 43.5 cm

Series Information: 
A self-selected lithograph print series made from Takasawa's famous works.
Artist Bio: 
Takasawa Keiichi was born in Gunma prefecture in 1914. In 1936 he dropped out of Nihon University school of technology, and subsequently he studied with Fujita Tsugeharu, who strongly influenced him. In 1937 he joined the Army News Department in Shanghai.
In 1939 he won the Asahi award for one of his paintings. After the war he started making illustrations for women's magazines, and he was the author of A pictorial story of the kimono (1947), and of Women of Japan (1955). He also made woodblock prints, often based on his paintings. In 1974 an 1975 he had two major exhibitions in Paris. In 1977 an important publication on his paintings, Takasawa Keiichi ga shu appeared.
The slender, long necked beauty often appeared in his works was said to be his wife.
たかざわ・けいいち 大正3年群馬県生まれ 日大芸術学科中退 挿絵を描くかたわら現代美人画(油絵)の制作に情熱を注ぎ各地で個展 1974年パリのバンドーム画廊で「花と蝶」と題する個展を開き話題を集める 1975年フランス ル・サロン展で受賞 「婦人公論」の表紙絵を担当する 1976年随筆「画になる女」第一回日本随筆家協会賞受賞

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