Original Date
1933
Edition Date
1933
Carver/printer
Hiratsuka Un'ichi / Hiratsuka Un'ichi
Description
Han Geijutsu (版芸術) Print Art Volume 10, published by Shiro to Kurosha on January 1st 1933. This issue is primarily devoted to Un'ichi Hiratsuka: 10 b/w illustrations of his work, plus 5 (machine-printed) original b/w prints. One (machine-printed) colour print by Maekawa Senpan, and 10 illustrations of new year's cards, a.o. by Munakata Shikô and Kawakami Sumio. Han Geijutsu was printed in an edition of 500 copies, of which of course the majority have perished in the course of time. Ref.: Kaji Sachiko, Sôsaku Hanga-shi no Keifu - Overview (chronology) of sôsaku hanga magazines: the entire table of contents and plates of works 1905-1944. Tokyo 2008, pp. 578-580.
Condition
Very good impressions and colours, good condition: the cover of the soft-cover magazine shows some wear (top spine), but the contents are well-preserved.
