ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)

TORI (BIRD), FROM THE SERIES KISETSUSHO (SIGNS OF THE SEASONS)

Details
ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)
Tori (Bird), from the series Kisetsusho (Signs of the seasons)
Woodcut, n.d. [1935], with stamped signature Onzi, inscribed with numeral 21 lower right, slightly soiled, foxed
16.5/8 x 13.7/8in. (42.2 x 35.7cm.)
Exhibited
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, "Koshiro Onchi, 1891-1955, Woodcuts," July 11--September 20, 1964

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Koshiro Onchi, 1891-1955, Woodcuts (San Francisco: Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 1964), no. 12.

For other impressions see Oliver Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn (Rutland, Vt. and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1959), no. 11; Fujii Hisae, ed., Onchi Koshiro to "Tsukuhae" (Onchi Koshiro and "Tsukuhae"), Kindai no bijutsu, 35 (Tokyo: Shibundo, 1976), no. 70; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed., Onchi Koshiro to "Tsukuhae"/Koshiro Onchi and "Tsukuhae" (Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art, 1976), pl. 106; Onchi Koshiro hangashu/Prints of Onchi Koshiro (Tokyo: Keishosha, 1975), no. 178, p. 275.