Lot Essay
For another impression of the first see Lawrence Smith, Modern Japanese Prints 1912-1989 (London: British Museum Press, 1994), pl. 123.
KOKUBUNJI TEMPLE IN HIDA MATSUE SUGATA-AN YUGANO HOT SPRING, IZU
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HIRATSUKA UN'ICHI (1895-1997)
Kokubunji temple in Hida
Matsue Sugata-an
Yugano Hot Spring, Izu
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in Roman script Un'ichi Hiratsuka, titled in pencil as above, the first sealed Un and Hiratsuka Un'ichi, dated 1942, and numbered 52/100; the second n.d., signed in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi and sealed Un; the third, n.d., sealed Un in the block and Hiratsuka Un'ichi, numbered 52/100, the first upper corners torn, tape stains
14.7/8 x 12in. (37.8 x 30.5cm.); 14 x 12.1/8in. (37.5 x 30.8cm.); 13 x 10.7/8in. (33 x 27.8cm.) (3)
Kokubunji temple in Hida
Matsue Sugata-an
Yugano Hot Spring, Izu
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in Roman script Un'ichi Hiratsuka, titled in pencil as above, the first sealed Un and Hiratsuka Un'ichi, dated 1942, and numbered 52/100; the second n.d., signed in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi and sealed Un; the third, n.d., sealed Un in the block and Hiratsuka Un'ichi, numbered 52/100, the first upper corners torn, tape stains
14.7/8 x 12in. (37.8 x 30.5cm.); 14 x 12.1/8in. (37.5 x 30.8cm.); 13 x 10.7/8in. (33 x 27.8cm.) (3)
Provenance
The first, purchased from the artist
The second, purchased from the artist
The second, purchased from the artist