The artworks displayed on JAODB are not for sale
 |  |
 |
| Notes (1st edition) | ||
| Publisher (this edition): | Self | Watanabe Shozaburo |
| Date of this item: | 1957 | 1957 |
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | THIS IS AN ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT - NOT A REPRODUCTION OF A WOODBLOCK PRINT. SHIRO KASAMATSU IS WELL KNOWN AND RENOWNED AS A WOODBLOCK ARTIST. HE WAS BORN IN 1898. HE ORIGINALLY STUDIED JAPANESE PAINTING BUT IN 1919 SWITCHED TO DESIGNING WOODBLOCKS. MOST OF HIS PRINTS WERE PUBLISHED BY WATANABE BUT SOME WERE PUBLISHED BY UNSODO AND, LATER, HE CARVED AND PRINTED HIS OWN BLOCKS. THIS PRINT DEPICTS AN OWL IN TWO TIME ZONES - NIGHT AND DAY. THE PRINT HAS STRONG COLORS AND HAS GOOD BLEEDTHROUGH TO THE REVERSE. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION THOUGH THERE IS AN OVERALL YELLOW TONING TO THE PAPER, BUT WHICH IS NOT VISIBLE IN THE IMAGE AREA, AND THERE IS A SLIGHT MATT BURN WHICH ONLY SHOWS ON THE YELLOW AREA, SEE PHOTO. THE PRINT IS NUMBERED 85/100 AND IS DATED 1957. IT IS SIGNED IN THE BLOCK AND HAS A KASAMATSU SEAL. THE IMAGE SIZE IS 10" x 14 3/4". |
Night and Day" * Woodblock Print by Kasamatsu of an Owl. One of Shiro's self-printed sosaku hanga style prints. S-23 in Grund. Dated 1957, Sealed, numbered 85/100, untrimmed, excellent color. Mat line evident in the yellow upper left, backing remnants, toning in margins, probably from mat burn. |