SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)

CASTLE WALL OF KYOTO (B) IN PARIS

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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)
Castle
Wall of Kyoto (B)
In Paris
Woodcut, each with paper slip affixed to verso printed Self-carved self printed Kiyoshi Saito and sealed Kiyoshi, the first signed in ink in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, titled in pencil as above, dated 1959, and numbered 98/150; the second signed in white ink in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, sealed Kiyoshi, dated 1960, and numbered 9/100; the third signed in ink in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, dated 1961 and numbered 10/150, the first with lower right corner tear repaired, tape stains, the second and third watermarked Kiyoshi Saito
16 x 21in. (40.6 x 54cm.); 21 x 32in. (54.6 x 81.3cm.); 17.7/8 x 23in. (45.4 x 60.3cm.) (3)

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The first, Helen Merritt, Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, The Early Years (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990), 26th color plate.
For another impression of the second print see Saito Kiyoshi, Saito Kiyoshi no sekai (The world of Saito Kiyoshi) (Nagano: Asuka shobo, 1984), pl. 55, p. 120.