Lot Essay
For another impression of the first see Teien, pl. 129; of the second see M. Gallery, no. 165; for other impressions of the third see M. Gallery, pl. 156; Teien, pl. 103.
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Kiiroi amibo (Yellow [knitting] needle) Amibo (Knitting needle) Midori no keito (Ball of [green] yarn)
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Hamaguchi Yozo (b. 1909)
Kiiroi amibo (Yellow [knitting] needle)
Amibo (Knitting needle)
Midori no keito (Ball of [green] yarn)
Mezzotint in colors, first and third, mezzotint, second, first on BFK Rives, each signed in pencil in Roman script hamaguchi, first n.d. [1985-89], numbered 22/145; second n.d. [1985], numbered 35/150, blind stamped IK; third n.d. [1981], numbered VII/XXV, apart from the edition of 120--first, very slight finger soiling on lower margin, several small smudges on verso, second, two small stains on lower left corner on verso, second and third with pencil edition number on lower left corner, first and second with pencil inventory number on verso, each with hinging tape on verso
24.1/8 x 29.7/8in. (61.4 x 75.9cm.); 19.7/8 x 30in. (50.6 x 76.1cm.); 13.1/8 x 13.3/8in. (33.3 x 34.1cm.) (3)
Kiiroi amibo (Yellow [knitting] needle)
Amibo (Knitting needle)
Midori no keito (Ball of [green] yarn)
Mezzotint in colors, first and third, mezzotint, second, first on BFK Rives, each signed in pencil in Roman script hamaguchi, first n.d. [1985-89], numbered 22/145; second n.d. [1985], numbered 35/150, blind stamped IK; third n.d. [1981], numbered VII/XXV, apart from the edition of 120--first, very slight finger soiling on lower margin, several small smudges on verso, second, two small stains on lower left corner on verso, second and third with pencil edition number on lower left corner, first and second with pencil inventory number on verso, each with hinging tape on verso
24.1/8 x 29.7/8in. (61.4 x 75.9cm.); 19.7/8 x 30in. (50.6 x 76.1cm.); 13.1/8 x 13.3/8in. (33.3 x 34.1cm.) (3)