GOYO -- "Woman Combing Her Hair" & "Graphite on Paper Sketch" (Reprint) SET (#2)

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Artist Goyo HASHIGUCHI
(1881-1921)
Title "Woman Combing Her Hair"
& "Graphite on Paper Sketch" (Reprint)
("Kami Sukeru Onna")
Date 1920 (60th Anniversary "Commemorative Edition," sanctioned by Goyo's family, Dec 1981); and "sketch" ("Commemorative Edition," sanctioned by Goyo's family, 1989 printing)
Series na
Publisher Color print by Yuyudo Publisher;
"Graphite on Paper Sketch" (Reprint) by Yuyudo Publisher (Tokyo)
Seal, Carver/Printer MAEDA, Kentaro/ITO, Shuntaro
Image Size Color print: 12 7/8 x 17 1/4 (on 13 5/8 x 19 3/8 overall)
Sketch: 12 5/8 x 19 3/8 (on heavy 14 1/2 x 20 1/4 museum-quality paper)
Impression Very Fine. Sumptuous soft silver "mica" background; subtle "bokashi" shading to face; nicely detailed hairlines; highly detailed carving.
"Sketch" reproduced onto heavy, museum-quality paper. Nicely detailed--
virtually indiscernible from Goyo's original graphite sketches.
Condition Pristine. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus "The Female Image," Plate #17.
Comments Wonderful, delicate Goyo "bijin-ga" image. One of only 16 lifetime images done by Goyo (11 "bijin-ga," 4 landscapes, 1 "kacho-e"). "Skecth" is reproduced from Goyo's original graphite-on-paper sketches in Goyo's original sketch size.
Item # TWO item set: DG-136 and EG-292
Price Special $1375
(together reg $1500: $1250 and $250)