Lot Essay
For the first and the third prints see Maekawa Sempan meisakuten/Exhibition of Prints by Sempan Maekawa (Tokyo: Riccar Art Museum, 1977), nos. 73-74.
TOMOROKOSHI O KUU BABA (OLD WOMAN EATING CORN) SHOORU (SHAWL) MATSURI NO OYAJI (MAN IN A FESTIVAL)
Details
MAEKAWA SEMPAN (1888-1960)
Tomorokoshi o kuu baba (Old woman eating corn)
Shooru (Shawl)
Matsuri no oyaji (Man in a festival)
Woodcut, the first n.d. [1932], sealed Mae, with Juda Collection seal on verso; the second, 1943, with printed signature Maekawa Sempan, and stamped Showa 17 dai ichigo (first edition, Showa 17, 1943); the third, n.d. [1932], sealed Mae, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Senpan Maekawa 1957, the third with slight tape stains
21 x 16.5/8in. (54 x 42.3cm.); 20.7/8 x 15.3/8in. (53 x 39cm.); 21 x 16.5/8in. (54 x 42.3cm.) (3)
Tomorokoshi o kuu baba (Old woman eating corn)
Shooru (Shawl)
Matsuri no oyaji (Man in a festival)
Woodcut, the first n.d. [1932], sealed Mae, with Juda Collection seal on verso; the second, 1943, with printed signature Maekawa Sempan, and stamped Showa 17 dai ichigo (first edition, Showa 17, 1943); the third, n.d. [1932], sealed Mae, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Senpan Maekawa 1957, the third with slight tape stains
21 x 16.5/8in. (54 x 42.3cm.); 20.7/8 x 15.3/8in. (53 x 39cm.); 21 x 16.5/8in. (54 x 42.3cm.) (3)
Provenance
The third, purchased from the widow of the artist