Lot Essay
For another impression of the second see Oliver Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn (Rutland, Vt. and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1980), pl. 44.
HEAD OF A BOY FACE IN PROFILE CHRIST YOUNG BOY'S HEAD
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SHINAGAWA TAKUMI (b. 1908)
Head of a boy
Face in profile
Christ
Young boy's head
Woodcut, the first n.d., signed in pencil in Roman script Shngawa [sic], 16.1/8 x 14.3/8 (41 x 36.5cm.); the second signed in pencil in Roman print Takumi Shinagawa 1953, 22 x 13.7/8in. (57.2 x 35.3cm.); the third signed and dated in Roman print in pencil Takumi Shinagawa 1948 No. 1, and signed in the block in Roman script Takumi, also inscribed on verso T. Shinagawa Christ, 16.7/8 x 14in. (42.8 x 36.8cm.); the fourth unsigned, n.d., 20 x 17.1/8in. (51.4 x 43.5cm.), the first with scuffs and pinholes, the second slight tape stains, the third with nicked corners, the fourth with torn upper right corner, tear at upper edge, tape residue (4)
Head of a boy
Face in profile
Christ
Young boy's head
Woodcut, the first n.d., signed in pencil in Roman script Shngawa [sic], 16.1/8 x 14.3/8 (41 x 36.5cm.); the second signed in pencil in Roman print Takumi Shinagawa 1953, 22 x 13.7/8in. (57.2 x 35.3cm.); the third signed and dated in Roman print in pencil Takumi Shinagawa 1948 No. 1, and signed in the block in Roman script Takumi, also inscribed on verso T. Shinagawa Christ, 16.7/8 x 14in. (42.8 x 36.8cm.); the fourth unsigned, n.d., 20 x 17.1/8in. (51.4 x 43.5cm.), the first with scuffs and pinholes, the second slight tape stains, the third with nicked corners, the fourth with torn upper right corner, tear at upper edge, tape residue (4)