GIRL AND THREE BIRDS KURO BIJIN (A BLACK BEAUTY)
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SEKINO JUN'ICHIRO (1914-1988)
Girl and three birds
Kuro bijin (A black beauty)
The first woodcut, signed in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino and also in the margin, dated 1956 and numbered Epreuve d'Artiste; the second woodcut and silkscreen, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino 1959, sealed Jun numbered 4/100, with printed caption Self-carved Self-printed Jun-ichiro, Sekino, the first with some ink smudges and light soil in margins, tape marks on the verso, the second with slight tape stains
36 x 24.5/8in. (92.8 x 62.5cm.); 21.1/8 x 16.5/8in. (53.6 x 42.3cm.) (2)
Girl and three birds
Kuro bijin (A black beauty)
The first woodcut, signed in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino and also in the margin, dated 1956 and numbered Epreuve d'Artiste; the second woodcut and silkscreen, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino 1959, sealed Jun numbered 4/100, with printed caption Self-carved Self-printed Jun-ichiro, Sekino, the first with some ink smudges and light soil in margins, tape marks on the verso, the second with slight tape stains
36 x 24.5/8in. (92.8 x 62.5cm.); 21.1/8 x 16.5/8in. (53.6 x 42.3cm.) (2)