Lot Essay
The illustrated Tashiro watercolor is the original painting for the cover of a November issue of the magazine for women, Fujin Asahi.
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Cover girl, 1939
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Tashiro Hikaru (1913-1998)
Cover girl, 1939
Watercolor and pastel, inscribed in Japanese in red paint Fujin Asahi, in red pencil juichigatsu hyoshi (November cover), signed and dated in Roman script in black paint Hikaru.39 and in Japanese in red pencil Tashiro--margins soiled, stained and repaired
39 x 28.3cm.
ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Tokei to bijin (III) (Clock and beauty (III)), 1964
Woodcut, with metallic pigments, signed Shinsui ga, sealed Shinsui and published by Hotta Watchmaker--very good impression and color, stains, margins foxed
35.8 x 27cm. (2)
Cover girl, 1939
Watercolor and pastel, inscribed in Japanese in red paint Fujin Asahi, in red pencil juichigatsu hyoshi (November cover), signed and dated in Roman script in black paint Hikaru.39 and in Japanese in red pencil Tashiro--margins soiled, stained and repaired
39 x 28.3cm.
ITO SHINSUI (1898-1972)
Tokei to bijin (III) (Clock and beauty (III)), 1964
Woodcut, with metallic pigments, signed Shinsui ga, sealed Shinsui and published by Hotta Watchmaker--very good impression and color, stains, margins foxed
35.8 x 27cm. (2)