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Face and Hands — 顔と手
by Kinoshita, Tomio (b. 1923)

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	Artist:	Kinoshita, Tomio (b. 1923)
	Title:	Face and Hands — 顔と手
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1960
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Large Oban
	Format (this edition):	Large Oban
	DB artwork code:	46232
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: I HAVE OWNED THIS UNIQUE, MID CENTURY AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT ARTWORK BY THE REKNOWN JAPANESE ARTIST; TOMIO KINOSHITA (BORN 1926 ~ DIED 2011) TITLED; "FACE & HANDS" FOR ALMOST 2 DECADES. THIS UNIQUE ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK PRINT FROM HIS VERY SMALL 1960 LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 50 COPIES EXEMPLIFIES THE CREATIVE GENUIS FROM TOMIO KINOSHITA. IT WAS CREATED BY HIM IN LATE 1959 ~ EARLY 1960 AND WAS LIMITED TO ONLY A VERY SMALL EDITION OF 50 WOODBLOCK PRINTS, THIS BEING NUMER 15.THIS IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER WORK IS FROM TOMIO KINOSHITA'S MOST DESIRED SERIES OF FACES. THE SERIES OF "FACES" IS WHAT HE IS BEST RECOGNIZED FOR. THIS OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS NOW, FAST BECOMING, THE LOST ART OF JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTING IS FULLY SIGNED BY TOMIO KINOSHITA ALONG THE LOWER SECTION OF THE MARGIN AS WELL AS BEING NUMBERED; "15/50", TITLED; "FACE AND HANDS" (IN JAPANESE) AND DATED; "1960". THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE IMAGE, NO TEARS, NO REPAIRS, NO FOXING, NO STAINS, NO NOTEABLE FADING OR DISCOLORATTION. WITHIN THE MAT ONLY, THERE IS SOME WATER STAINING IN THE VERY BOTTOM EDGE ON ONLY THE MAT. THIS WONDERFULLY CREATIVE IMAGE ITSELF MEASURES 9 INCHES BY 16 INCHES.