Artist |
Hasui KAWASE (1883-1957) |
Title |
"Ulmil Pavilion, Pyongyang" |
Date |
1939 (block-set's date)
"First Edition" 2018 printing (#18/60)
Limited Edition (example)
PLUS "Key-block" as SET
|
Provenance |
Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps
servicewoman
Verna Woodrich
stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947. |
Series |
"Korean Prints" (Hasui 1939) |
Publisher |
Ukiyoe-Gallery
(printed in Japan) |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
unknown / Atushi Kawai |
Image Size |
4 1/2 x 7 ("koban") 6 x 8 1/2 overall |
Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading;
highly detailed carving, crisp lines.
Printing of 12-14 impressions required
Japanese paper produced by Ichibei Iwano, a Living
National Treasure. |
Condition |
Excellent. Strong colors.
|
Reference/Illus |
Not (yet) in Hotei's 600-page "Complete Hasui" reference.
Beyond 2 "trial-prints" we've discovered, this block-set was
never published 1939-47 -- "sleeping" the past 79 years.
|
Comments |
Beautiful mountain temple snowscene from Hasui's 1939 trip to Korea.
Never before seen -- this First/Limited Edition 2018 printing is an
Ukiyoe-Gallery exclusive.
|
Item # |
Available Now: SF-01GK #18/80
PLUS "Key-block" as SET
SF-01GK #AP+K Sold/DK
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Price |
$POR THIS "Grey-sky" version PLUS "Key-block" as SET
("Sepia-sky" coming 2019)
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