TAKEI TAKEO (1894-1983)

IKE (POND) MATIN/(MORNING) TAMAGO (EGGS) TAKUJO (ON THE TABLE) SEIBUTSU/STILL LIFE HANAZONO (FLOWER GARDEN) O-HANAMI (FLOWER-VIEWING) YUME O TSUKURU KOJO (DREAM FA

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TAKEI TAKEO (1894-1983)
Ike (Pond)
Matin/(morning)
Tamago (Eggs)
Takujo (On the table)
Seibutsu/Still life
Hanazono (Flower garden)
O-hanami (Flower-viewing)
Yume o tsukuru kojo (Dream factory)
Saisho no tamago (First egg)
Sakuhin B (Work B)
Woodcut, some with mica, each signed in pencil in Roman script T. Takei and each with paper slip attached to verso with title as above and date, the eighth inscribed in Japanese with artist's name and the ninth with label on verso inscribed in Japanese and Roman letters, the first dated 1953, numbered 3/7, 15.1/8 x 29.5/8in. (38.3 x 75.3cm.); the second numbered 5/6, 14.5/8 x 20.1/8in. (37.1 x 50.1cm.); the third dated 1955, numbered 6/6, 15 x 19.5/8in. (39.4 x 49.8cm.), the fourth n.d. [1954], numbered 6/6, 14.5/8 x 20.3/8in. (37.2 x 51.8cm.); the fifth dated 1953, numbered 3/8, 15.1/8 x 20in. (38.3 x 52.1cm.); the sixth n.d. [1954], numbered 2/6, 15.5/8 x 19.3/8in. (39.7 x 49.2cm.); the seventh n.d. [1957], numbered 3/4, 20.3/8 x 14.5/8in. (51.7 x 37.3cm.); the eighth dated 1963, numbered 2/10, 12.3/8 x 18.3/8in. (31.3 x 46.7cm.); the ninth dated 1963, numbered 3/5, 17.5/8 x 13.1/8in. (44.7 x 33.3cm.); and the tenth dated 1957 and numbered 5/8, 12.3/8 x 9in. (31.4 x 23.5cm.), the first some light stains, slight tape stains (10)