Hiratsuka Un'ichi (1895 - 1997)

Rafu - Desnudo

SKU: 06311

Hiratsuka Un'ichi (1895 - 1997)

Rafu - Desnudo

Name: Rafu - Desnudo
Brand: Hiratsuka Un'ichi
SKU: 06311
Availability: OutOfStock

SKU: 06311

Paper size 30.0 x 20.5 cm

Original Date 1925

Edition Date 1925

Carver/printer Hiratsuka Un'ichi / Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Description Rafu - Nude. Size: 20.5 x 30 cm. Number two from a portfolio of 10 prints by different artists, Shi to hanga sha saku shu - Collection of woodblock prints and poems, published in 1925. Other contributors were Shizuo Fujimori, Susumu Yamaguchi and Sumio Kawakami (a.o.). This is number 3 from an edition of only 20!

Condition Fine impression (strong baren marks), and condition: Still pasted (top margin) on the original portfolio sheet (numbered "2").Numbered 3/20 in pencil A highly important print from Hiratsuka's early years. See Kunio Mutoe and Hidetaka Shiga, The Warmth of Woodblock Prints: from Kobayashi Kiyochika to Munekata Shiko, Fuchu Art Museum, 2005, p. 28. Extremely rare as a limited edition print