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| Notes (1st edition) | Artist: Shinsui Ito Signature: Shinsui sha Publisher: Watanabe Seal: Ito Date: 1929 Size: 27,8 x 42,7 cm Title: "Gendai bijinshu dai-isshu" First series of modern beauties "Kuchibene" Rouge. The greens will fade to aqua blue (as is usually the case for shin-hanga prints). Limited edition of 250 sheets. Literature: Newland, Amy R. and S. Hamanaka, The female image - 20th century prints of Japanese beauties, Abe Publ. Ltd. And Hotei Publishing, Tokyo / Leiden, Japan / The Netherlands 2000, ISBN=90-74822-20-7, Reference: No. 56 in color | |||||||
| Publisher (this edition): | Watanabe Shozaburo | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Date of this item: | 1929 | 1929 | 1929 | 1929 | 1929 | 1929 May | ||
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Thanks to John for this entry. Edition 132/250 in cartouche on the verso. |
Note that the greens have mostly faded to blue in this print. Kuchibeni - Rouge Paper size: 27.5 x 42.5 cm. From: 典he first series of modern beauties� (Gendai bijinsh� dai-issh�), published by Watanabe Shabur� in 1929. Number 105 from a limited edition of 250 (see detail 1); oblong Watanabe seal below the limitation seal. Fine impression, colours and condition: use of silver in the mirror. |
It� Shinsui (1898-1972) Rouge, from "The first series of modern beauties (Gendai bijinsh� dai-issh� - Kuchibene) Size: 40.9 x 26.2 cm. (16.1" x 10.3"). Published in 1929 by Watanabe Shabur� (brown 6mm-seal - in this case the brown 1929 version!). Literature: The Female Image, plate 56. Fine impression, colours and condition - the pictures give a very good idea of the state of the print. Look especially at the use of silver in the mirror. This print is in really mint condition |
Friday, 11 February 2005 Artist: Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) Subject: Rouge. Bijin at the mirrow. Series: Gendai bijinshu dai-isshu (First series of modern beauties. Signature: Shinsui ga. Artist's seal Shinsui. Date: May 1929. Size: Large oban, 42,5x28 cm. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Black seal on recto and red seal on verso. Edition: Red seal on verso Nihakugojumai zeppan dai hyakurokujuyonban (no. 164 from a limited edition of 250 impressions). Reference: Other examples are illustrated in: Dorothy Blair, Modern Japanese Prints, Wood-block Prints by Ten Artists. Toledo: The Toledo Museum of Art, 1936, (reprint 1997), no.24. Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts. All the woodblock prints of Shinsui Ito. Tokyo, 1992, no.52 Amy Newland e Hamanaka Shinji. The female image 20th century prints of Japanese beauties. Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2000, no.56. Conditions: Fine iimpression, colour and condition. Full margins, larger than in the picture. Item no. 671b Price: uro 2.500 |
Ito Shinsui Rouge from The Firrst Series of Modern Beauties Showa4 (1929) 42.5 x 27.7 cm published by Watanabe edition 250 \400,000 sold |
Ito Shinsui 1898-1972 Rouge, 105/250, from the series First Series of the Modern Beauties 1929 Japanese woodblock print Image size: 16 by 10 inches Illustrated: Shinsui, pl. 52 Pinhole near seal Mica highlights in mirror and checkered fabric |
Title Kuchibeni - Rouge Artist Shinsui Ito 1898-1972 Signature Shinsui ga Seal artist's seal (shinsui) Dated 1929 Publisher Watanabe Impression excellent - very good � embossed Colors excellent � mica on the obi and the mirror Condition excellent - very good � several light brown spots on the margins and on the background Description From the series, "Gendai Bijinshu Dai-isshu" (The First Series of Modern Beauties) "Kuchibeni". A beauty is applying rouge on her lips in front of a mirror. Format Dai-Oban Width 11.0 inches = 28.0 cm Height 16.9 inches = 43.0 cm Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg. 63, pl.56 |
Numbered: 197/250 Impression: fine - , embossing and light mica Colors: fine Condition: fine - , minimal dirty on the left margin |