Live Auction 8862THE HELEN AND FELIX JUDA COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS
Lot 75

ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)

"HYOTO" NO CHOSHA, HAGIWARA SAKUTARO ZO (PORTRAIT OF HAGIWARA SAKUTARO, AUTHOR OF THE ICE ISLAND)

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ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)
"Hyoto" no chosha, Hagiwara Sakutaro zo (Portrait of Hagiwara Sakutaro, author of The Ice Island)
Woodcut, n.d. [1949], stamped signature Onzi and sealed Ko, label on verso beneath backing paper printed with title Portrait of a Poet, artist's name and name of printer Sekino Jun'ichiro, slightly soiled, tape stains in margins, tears to bottom margin
21.5/8 x 17.3/8 (55 x 44.5cm.)

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PUBLISHED:
Helen Merritt, Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, The Early Years (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990), p. 191.

Sekino Jun'ichiro printed 50 copies of this image in 1949 using Onchi's woodblocks.

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