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Rose and Bottle

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Rose and Bottle ばらと瓶
by Mabuchi Toru (1920-1994)

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Artist: Mabuchi Toru (1920-1994) 馬淵聖
Title: Rose and Bottle ばらと瓶
Series: 
Date of first edition?1974
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: 46746
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:

Title: Rose and a Glass Bottle : Hand signed, limited edition
Artist: Toru Mabuchi 1920-1994
Description: "Bara to Bin". (Rose and a Glass Bottle). Pink rose, a glass bottle and a lemon.
Toru Mabuchi was a fine technician and could do elaborate printing using thirty to fifty printing stages. He did not want to use only the traditional method. Since he had been interested in the Byzantine mosaics and the pointillist paintings of Seurat, he developed a printing technique by using small pieces of wood pasted on print blocks like mosaic stones.
Signature: "Toru Mabuchi" hand signed in pencil on the bottom right (Difficult to see).
Dated: 1974.
Medium: Woodblock print.
Impression: Very good.
Colors: Excellent - very good.
Condition: Very Good ... Slightly toned. Slight foxing and other specks on the margins. Mounting glue residues on verso.
Numbered: 8 / 120
Width Item: 5.2 inches = 13.3 cm
Height Item: 18.4 inches = 46.8 cm

Artist Bio: 

作家:馬渕 聖(まぶち とおる)    1920年(大正9年)生まれ、東京出身。    1994年(平成6年)歿、享年74歳。 1940年(昭和15年)東京美術学校在学中に光風会展初入選。 1941年(昭和16年)卒業制作「木版による自然物の装飾的表現」             文部省買上。 1951年(昭和26年)第7回日展に初入選。 1954年(昭和29年)日本版画協会(日版協)会員。 1957年(昭和32年)光風会会員。 1960年(昭和35年)日本版画会(日版会)創立に、             棟方志功らとともに参加。             日版協退会。 1967年(昭和42年)光風会評議員。 1971年(昭和46年)宮内庁用命により、須崎御用邸の為の             木版画4点制作。 東京美術学校工芸科図案部卒業。 日版会会長、鎌倉美術家協会理事長などを歴任。 東京、横浜、シカゴなどで個展開催多数。 シカゴ美術館、ボストン美術館など、海外美術館にも作品所蔵多数。

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