Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Saturday, 28 May 2011
Catalog ID 8342 Artist Kawase Hasui Title Two Young Women Strolling in an Azalea Garden (Mt. Fuji in the distance) Medium Series Title Edition First and only Date 1935 Publisher Reference No Hotei # 367 Size 15 -3/4 x 10 -1/2 " Condition Very fine, apart from light toning from its original folder.
Notes: SOLD AS A COMPLETE SET OF SIX PRINTS, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL PORTFOLIO.
This set of six prints was commissioned by the Iwasaki family and published by Watanabe Shozaburo in 1935. The title of the series is blind-stamped embossed in the bottom margin of each print (not noted in Hotei). The villa was converted into the Hotel de Yama before WWII, and the six prints were sold in a portfolio to its foreign clientele. Prints from this series are seldom offered and complete sets in very fine, matched condition are SCARCE. (See items #8341 -#8346 for images of each print in the series.) |
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Artist: Kawase Hasui Title: Two young women strolling in a Azalea Garden Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title: Collection of views of the Moto-Hakone Minami mountain villa Edition No: First and only Date: 1935 Publisher: S. Watanabe Reference No: Hotei #367 Size: 10-1/2 x 15-3/4 " Condition: Very fine. Notes: SOLD AS A COMPLETE SET OF SIX PRINTS.
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