Lot Essay
For another impression see Takahashi Seiichiro et al., Kindai Nihon hanga taikei (Compendium of modern Japanese prints), vol. 2 (Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976), pl. 42.
SHINRYOKU (FRESH VERDURE) COUNTRY GIRL
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MAEKAWA SEMPAN (1888-1960)
Shinryoku (Fresh verdure)
Country girl
Woodcut, the first n.d. [1939], signed in Japanese Maekawa Sempan and in pencil in Roman letters Sempan Maekawa; the second n.d., sealed Mae, the first with a large stain lower left corner edges and corners worn
18 x 20in. (47 x 52cm.); 18 x 14in. (47.7 x 36.8cm.) (2)
Shinryoku (Fresh verdure)
Country girl
Woodcut, the first n.d. [1939], signed in Japanese Maekawa Sempan and in pencil in Roman letters Sempan Maekawa; the second n.d., sealed Mae, the first with a large stain lower left corner edges and corners worn
18 x 20in. (47 x 52cm.); 18 x 14in. (47.7 x 36.8cm.) (2)