Artist |
TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
Title |
"Combing the Hair" ("Kamisuki") |
Date |
1933 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980) |
Series |
na |
Publisher |
Ishukankokai |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Ito Susumu/Kajikawa Yoshio; watermarked. |
Image Size |
10 1/4 x 16 (plus wide margins) |
Impression |
Very Fine. Excellent colors with deep saturation. Nicely over-printed hairlines;
superbly executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors)
shading; highly detailed carving. |
Condition |
Good++ to Very Good. Excellent colors.
(Two light horizontal creases/scattered light creasing; faint spot
upper/left margin.)
Clean front and verso.
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Reference/Illus |
"The Female Image," Plate #184. Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #139. |
Comments |
Lifetime total 21 images (most 1927-33). Re-strike published as small and immediately "sold out" edition
(100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal). |
Item # |
GG-164 |
Price |
$825.00 Special (Sold/BT/CMc)
($1950 if perfect)
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