HATSUYAMA SHIGERU (1897-1973)

SHIGATSU/"APRIL" GOGATSU/"MAY"

Details

HATSUYAMA SHIGERU (1897-1973)
Shigatsu/"April"
Gogatsu/"May"
Woodcut, each signed and dated in pencil in Japanese 1960 Shigeru, the first numbered 7/9; the second numbered 5/10, slight tape stains, the first with horizontal fold line above lower edge
28.3/8 x 13in. (72 x 33cm.); 25.7/8 x 12in. (65.7 x 31.1cm.) (2)

Exhibited

The first, "Images of a Changing World: Japanese Prints of the Twentieth Century," shown at the following venues:
The Saint Louis Art Museum, March 22--May 16, 1983
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 16--August 7, 1983
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, September 10--October 30, 1983
Portland Art Museum, November 30, 1983--January 8, 1984

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The first, Donald Jenkins, Images of a Changing World: Japanese Prints of the Twentieth Century (Portland, Ore.: Portland Art Museum, 1983), no. 80.