Lot 512

Gendai no hanga (Contemporary prints), 6 vols. (Tokyo: Chikuma shobo, 1970-7); a set of six portfolios in cloth covers devoted to six printmakers each titled in Japanese and English and containing originals and/or reproductions of the artist's work: Ikeda Masuo/Masuo Ikeda, original copperplate, mezzotint, etching and drypoint, 1970, Utsuro nu sufinkusu/Empty Sphinx, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script M. Ikeda '70, and 10 reproductions; Kano Mitsuo/Mitsuo Kano, original multimedia print, n.d., Orora e no oto/Respons [sic] to Aurora, signed in pencil in Roman script M. Kano and numbered 198/500, and 10 reproductions; Sugai Kumi/Kumi Sugai, original lithograph, 1970, Shuppatsu mae ni/Avant de Dpart, signed in pencil in Roman print Sugai and numbered 199/500, and 10 reproductions; Yokoo Tadanori/Tadanori Yokoo (1971), original silkscreen, 1970, Kanshin/Interest, signed in pencil in Roman script T. Yokoo and numbered 198/500, and 8 reproductions; Hasegawa Kiyoshi/Kiyoshi Hasegawa (1972), 20 reproductions; Komai Tetsuro/Tetsuro Komai, original copperplate, 1970, Gansho nite/At Rock Seashore, signed in pencil in Roman script Tetsuro Komai and numbered 199/500, and 10 reproductions; title pages slightly yellowed and some inside covers of portfolios slightly toned or foxed, original cardboard outer covers (6)

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Gendai no hanga (Contemporary prints), 6 vols. (Tokyo: Chikuma shobo, 1970-7); a set of six portfolios in cloth covers devoted to six printmakers each titled in Japanese and English and containing originals and/or reproductions of the artist's work: Ikeda Masuo/Masuo Ikeda, original copperplate, mezzotint, etching and drypoint, 1970, Utsuro nu sufinkusu/Empty Sphinx, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script M. Ikeda '70, and 10 reproductions; Kano Mitsuo/Mitsuo Kano, original multimedia print, n.d., Orora e no oto/Respons [sic] to Aurora, signed in pencil in Roman script M. Kano and numbered 198/500, and 10 reproductions; Sugai Kumi/Kumi Sugai, original lithograph, 1970, Shuppatsu mae ni/Avant de Dpart, signed in pencil in Roman print Sugai and numbered 199/500, and 10 reproductions; Yokoo Tadanori/Tadanori Yokoo (1971), original silkscreen, 1970, Kanshin/Interest, signed in pencil in Roman script T. Yokoo and numbered 198/500, and 8 reproductions; Hasegawa Kiyoshi/Kiyoshi Hasegawa (1972), 20 reproductions; Komai Tetsuro/Tetsuro Komai, original copperplate, 1970, Gansho nite/At Rock Seashore, signed in pencil in Roman script Tetsuro Komai and numbered 199/500, and 10 reproductions; title pages slightly yellowed and some inside covers of portfolios slightly toned or foxed, original cardboard outer covers (6)