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| Artist |
TORII Kotondo (1900-76) |
| Title |
"Rain" ("Ame") |
| Date |
1929 (Later limited edition of 100 prints, c1980's.) |
| Provenance |
Found in small Tokyo book/print shop. |
| Series |
na |
| Publisher |
Ishukankokai Publisher |
| Seal, Carver/Printer |
Itoh Susumu/Watanabe Yoshiaki; watermarked. |
| Image Size |
10 1/4 x 15 7/8 |
| Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" (gradation of colors) shading to face and yellow of umbrella;
"baren sujizuri" circles to umbrella's underside; light "gauffrage" to hair, umbrella, and rain; highly detailed
carving. |
| Condition |
Excellent. (Flawless--still in original "presentation folder.") |
| Reference/Illus |
"The Female Image," Plate #173; Blair's 1936 "Toledo Exhibition," Plate #131. |
| Comments |
Lifetime total 21 images (most 1927-34). "Re-strike" published as a small, immediately sold out edition
(100 copies) in the mid-1980's by Ishukankokai Publisher of Tokyo (with red "moneybag" seal). |
| Item # |
JS-1969 |
| Price |
$1900 (Sold/CC) |
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