ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)

LYRIQUE NO. 36, KANASHIKI KAIGYAKU (LYRIC NO. 36, SADNESS AND HUMOR)

Details

ONCHI KOSHIRO (1891-1955)
Lyrique No. 36, Kanashiki kaigyaku (Lyric No. 36, Sadness and humor)
Multiblock, 1954, stamped signature Onzi, printed paper slip on reverse on verso inscribed in ink with title as above, artist's name and edition no. 3/5 and dated Sep.-54, with accompanying paper folder with title and signature in ink in Japanese, date in English 3. Sept. -54 and seal Ko, 1954, very slightly creased, minor tape stains on upper edge
17 x 14in. (45 x 36.8cm.)

Provenance

Onchi Mioko, the artist's daughter

Lot Essay

For another impression see The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, ed., Onchi Koshiro to "Tsukuhae"/Koshiro Onchi and "Tsukuhae" (Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art, 1976), no. 195; Onchi Koshiro hangashu/Prints of Onchi Koshiro (Tokyo: Keishosha, 1975), no. 410, p. 314.