Azechi Umetarô (1902 - 1999)

Landschap met waterplaats

Artikelnummer: 12353

Azechi Umetarô (1902 - 1999)

Landschap met waterplaats

Name: Landschap met waterplaats
Brand: Azechi Umetarô
SKU: 12353
Availability: OutOfStock

Artikelnummer: 12353

Paper size 13.3 x 10.3 cm

Original Date 1929

Edition Date 1929

Carver/printer Azechi Umetaro / Azechi Umetaro

Description Ido no aru fûkei (井戸のある風景) - Landscape with watering place, self-printed in 1929. Paper sizes: 15 x 16.3 cm and 19.7 x 13.3 cm, image size: 13.3 x 10.3 cm. One of Azechi's earliest prints to quote Helen Merritt: "he began making prints by scratching on scraps of lead plate which he then inked and printed by using a teacup as a baren." The technique is known as namari toppan 鉛凸版, lead relief printing. Which of the two is earlier is hard to say. The colours are hand applied. VERY RARE !

Condition Fine impression and colours, good condition: The one on the thin blue paper is in fine shape, but the other one was obviously printed on the wrong sort of paper (smooth, thin and onion-skin-like), which split in the middle and in various places in the bottom margin (the teacup used to exert pressure can't have helped either!). The repair in the image was carefully done.