Live Auction 13279Asian 20th Century Art (Day Sale) Including a Selection of Japanese Woodblock Prints from Private Collections
ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Lot 514

ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)

Make-up (Kesho)

Closed25 November 2018

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HKD 187,500

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ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Make-up (Kesho)
From the series Twelve Images of Modern Beauties (Shin bijin juni sugata)
Woodblock print, signed Shinsui saku
Artist's seal: Ito
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Dated: Taisho juichinen haru [Spring, Taisho 11 (1922)]
Vertical oban: 43.3 x 27.2 cm. (17 x 10 ¾ in.)

Specialist note

Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) was an important member of the Shin-hangamovement, which revitalised the traditional art of woodblock printing after it started to decline in the early 20th century. Although he produced some notable landscape prints, he became primarily known for his depiction of beautiful women (Bijinga), to which he imparted a unique, lyrical style.

For the same print in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 2002.161.70, go to:
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/62478/applying-powder-ito-shinsui