Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | After the Bath Artist: Ishikawa Toraji Format: Dai Oban tate-e: 19" x 14.75"
Subject: A seated nude in her bathroom
Date: 1934
Condition: Full size. Minor creases and marks. Generally fine state.
Colour: Fine colors.
Impression: Fine impression with gauffrage.
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Saturday, 24 June 2006
Shin Hanga: Ten Types of Female Nude: At the Bath Artist: Ishikawa Toraji Format: Dai oban tate-e: 19" x 15" approx
Subject: From the fine series 'Ten Types of Female Nude', a young woman at the bath.
A student of Koyama Shotaro, Toraji Ishikawa entered his paintings in several exhibitions of the Meiji Fine Arts Society. One of the founding members of the Taiheiyo Gakai in 1901, he traveled in Europe and the US in the early 1900s. He exhibited at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Toraji received the Imperial Award of the Japan Art Academy in 1950. His prints include Inland Sea Landscapes (1930s) and the series "Ten Types of Female Nudes" (1934).
Date: 1934
Condition: Full size. Minor marks and flaws. Generally fine state.
Colour: Fine 1st edition impression with gauffrage, (1st editions distinguished by the absence of the Japanese character in right margin, which was added for the second edition onwards).
Impression: Fine
Other Notes: Ref: 'The Female Image, Pl. 239 |
Tuesday, 14 March 2006
Lot #: 095 Artist: Toraji, Ishikawa, 1875-1964 Title: After the Bath Series: Ten Types of Female Nudes Date: 1935 Medium: woodblock Illustrated: Female Image, pl. 239 Condition: No condition problems to note Comments: Published by Ryoku-uso Gashitsu; posthumous printing Estimate: Starting Bid:
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