KEIRIN IN KYONGJU, KOREA BUKKOKUJ PAGODA, KYONGIU, KOREA PEACOCK AND PLUM BLOSSOMS NARA TOSHODAIJI SUTRA REPOSITORY
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HIRATSUKA UN'ICHI (1895-1997)
Keirin in Kyongju, Korea
Bukkokuj Pagoda, Kyongiu, Korea
Peacock and Plum Blossoms
Nara Toshodaiji Sutra Repository
Woodcut, the first n.d. [1935], signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka, stamped signature right margin Hiratsuka Un'ichi, sealed Hiratsuka Unichi, numbered 11/30, 20.1/8 x 27.3/8in. (51.2 x 69.5cm.); the second signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1952, sealed Un, titled as above in pencil, 13 x 18.1/8in. (34.3 x 46.3cm.); the third signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1929, sealed Hiratsuka Un'ichi, titled as above in pencil and inscribed in pencil For Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda, 18 x 24.3/8in. (45.7 x 62cm.); the fourth n.d. [1947], signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka, stamped signature in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi and sealed Un, 13 x 18.1/8in. (34.3 x 46cm.), the first toned and slightly worn, the fourth stained in upper corners and mat-stained upper and lower edges, tape stains
Together with two small prints of a landscape and of Nikolai Cathedral in snow, each signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka, the first signed in the block in Roman print Un and the second sealed in Japanese Un, both framed in plexiglas boxes (6)
Keirin in Kyongju, Korea
Bukkokuj Pagoda, Kyongiu, Korea
Peacock and Plum Blossoms
Nara Toshodaiji Sutra Repository
Woodcut, the first n.d. [1935], signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka, stamped signature right margin Hiratsuka Un'ichi, sealed Hiratsuka Unichi, numbered 11/30, 20.1/8 x 27.3/8in. (51.2 x 69.5cm.); the second signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1952, sealed Un, titled as above in pencil, 13 x 18.1/8in. (34.3 x 46.3cm.); the third signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1929, sealed Hiratsuka Un'ichi, titled as above in pencil and inscribed in pencil For Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda, 18 x 24.3/8in. (45.7 x 62cm.); the fourth n.d. [1947], signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka, stamped signature in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi and sealed Un, 13 x 18.1/8in. (34.3 x 46cm.), the first toned and slightly worn, the fourth stained in upper corners and mat-stained upper and lower edges, tape stains
Together with two small prints of a landscape and of Nikolai Cathedral in snow, each signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka, the first signed in the block in Roman print Un and the second sealed in Japanese Un, both framed in plexiglas boxes (6)
Provenance
The first, purchased from the artist's daughter
The second, gift of the artist
The third, gift of the artist
The fourth, Lilla S. Perry, Los Angeles
The second, gift of the artist
The third, gift of the artist
The fourth, Lilla S. Perry, Los Angeles