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| Notes (1st edition) | There are two datings for this scene, 1960 (with edition number) and 1961 (no edition number), suggesting two editions. Title: Blue Bird - Aoi Tori Artist: Tamami Shima 1937-1999 Description: "Aoi Tori" (Blue Bird). A blue bird is strolling in the abstract meadow. Signature: "Tamami Shima" signed in pencil on the lower margin. Dated: 1960. Medium/Technique: Woodblock print. Width: Item 16.3 inches = 41.5 cm Height: Item 11.4 inches = 29.0 cm | |||
| Publisher (this edition): | Self | Self | Self | Self |
| Date of this item: | 1961 | 1961 | ||
| Notes (this edition) These notes were written by the original owner/seller/auctioner of the item and may be inaccurate.: | Thanks to Manuel for this entry. Edition 81/100, 1961. |
Title: Blue Bird - Aoi Tori Artist: Tamami Shima 1937-1999 Description: "Aoi Tori" (Blue Bird). A blue bird is strolling in the abstract meadow. Signature: "Tamami Shima" signed in pencil on the lower margin. Dated: 1960. Medium/Technique: Woodblock print. Impression: Very good. Colors: Very good. Condition Good: ... Lightly toned. Stains and light creases on the margins. Brown stain on the top left corner. Width: Item 16.3 inches = 41.5 cm Height: Item 11.4 inches = 29.0 cm Note: dated 1960, but with no edition number. Yet 1961 editions have edition numbers. |
Monday, 19 February 2007 You are bidding on a very beautiful and rare LIMITED NUMBER original Japanese woodblock print “Blue Bird” PENCIL SIGNED by the famous Showa Shin Hanga woodblock print master Tamami Shima (1937-1999) made in 1961. The print size is 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. The colors, which are vivid and vibrant, are in layers. The artist’s PENCIL SIGNATURE “Tamami Shima”, the year “61” that the print was made, and the title of the print in Kanji “The Blue Bird” are all WRITTEN IN PENCIL and are in the bottom border of the print. You can clearly tell it is his handwritten in pencil by the depth of pencil indentation into the original Japanese mulberry paper. All four borders are intact. This woodblock print is not attached to any backing paper or cardboard and some ink bleeding can be seen through the back of the original thick Japanese mulberry Washi paper. Except for several very tiny and minor foxing dots in the top border due to the print’s age, which do not affect the image, this woodblock print is in excellent condition. tamami shima japanese modernist woodblock,1961, well listed artist 16.3 x 11.8 in, very good condition, unbacked, unframed some age toning in margins, pencil signed lower right, #80/100 |
First edition woodblock printby Tamami, Shima, famous Japanese artist (this is one of her best prints) Date: 1961 Edition: 80/100 Highly collectible Japanese Artist Image size: 15 x 10 |