Bin to kurumi (Bottles and walnut)
Budo (Grapes)
Asuparagasu (Asparagus)
Details
Hamaguchi Yozo (b. 1909) Bin to kurumi (Bottles and walnut) Budo (Grapes) Asuparagasu (Asparagus)
Mezzotint on BFK Rives, each signed in pencil in Roman script hamaguchi, first n.d. [1959], numbered 21/50; second n.d. [1955], numbered épreuve d'artiste 1/5 à Monsieur Herwin Schaefer, apart from the edition of 30; third n.d. [1957], stamped on verso This original mezzotint was specially made in 1957 by Yozo Hamaguchi for members of the print and drawing club of The Art Institute of Chicago, numbered I/Cl--first, some scuff marks and creases, slight mat stain and foxing on verso, small nicks and stains from old framing nails, small area of corners bent, tape residue on verso; second, some scuff and crease marks, slight soiling in upper left margin; third, very slight crease, slight mat stain and some random stains, second and third with pencil inventory number and tape residue on verso, first and third with hinging tape on verso
19¾ x 26in. (50.1 x 66cm.); 19.7/8 x 19¾in. (50.5 x 50cm.); 19¾ x 25.5/8in. (50 x 65.2cm.) (3)
Lot Essay
For another impression of the first see M. Gallery, no. 72; of the second see M. Gallery, no. 39; for other impressions of the third see M. Gallery, no. 59; Teien, pl. 23.