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| Notes (1st edition) | Title: Winter Sky Artist: Shiro Kasamatsu 1898-1992 Description: "Fuyu no Sora" (Winter Sky). A flock of small birds among bare branches in the dark blue winter sky. This is one of the highly regarded Sosaku Hanga style creation by Shiro KASAMATSU. He self-published them without much adverts and the impressions were not many. These imaginative designs have attracted the avid Shin Hanga collectors' attention for quite some time. Seal: Artist's hexagonal seal is embossed on the lower margin. Dated: 1965. Medium/Technique: Woodblock print. Numbered: at least two editions (A, of 200 and B, of 100), with red square seal Format: Oban tate-e Width Item: 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm Height Item: 16.9 inches = 43.0 cm Width Image: 9.8 inches = 25.0 cm Height Image: 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm Literature: Grund, Andreas, "Shiro Kasamatsu - The Complete Woodblock Prints", Tokyo, privately published, 2001, - S - 80. | |
| Publisher (this edition): | Self | Self |
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| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Shiro Kasamatsu - woodblock print - 1965 woodblock print: 17" x 11", matt mark on margins, light overall toning, no tears or acid burn |
Title: Winter Sky Artist: Shiro Kasamatsu 1898-1992 Description: "Fuyu no Sora" (Winter Sky). A flock of small birds among bare branches in the dark blue winter sky. This is one of the highly regarded Sosaku Hanga style creation by Shiro KASAMATSU. He self-published them without much adverts and the impressions were not many. These imaginative designs have attracted the avid Shin Hanga collectors' attention for quite some time. Seal: Artist's hexagonal seal is embossed on the lower margin. Dated: 1965. Medium/Technique: Woodblock print. Impression: Very good. Colors: Excellent - very good. Condition: Excellent - Very good … Slight soils and light ink residues on the margins. Pencil marks on the lower right margin. A cut, about 1cm = 0.39 inch long, on the bottom right edge (probably for the color block alignment. Some of Shiro's Sosaku Hanga prints have it). Numbered: 21 / B 100 with red square seal Format: Oban tate-e Width Item: 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm Height Item: 16.9 inches = 43.0 cm Width Image: 9.8 inches = 25.0 cm Height Image: 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm Literature: Grund, Andreas, "Shiro Kasamatsu - The Complete Woodblock Prints", Tokyo, privately published, 2001, - S - 80. |