DAIMON GATE KOYASAN KEIJO NANDAI-MON (GREAT SOUTH GATE, SEOUL) ROSU ANGURUSU NO CHUGETSU (MOON IN DAYLIGHT, LOS ANGELES) OFF IROZAKI
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HIRATSUKA UN'ICHI (1895-1997)
Daimon Gate Koyasan
Keijo Nandai-mon (Great South Gate, Seoul)
Rosu Angurusu no chugetsu (Moon in daylight, Los Angeles)
Off Irozaki
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka, the first with stamped signature in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi and sealed Hiratsuka Un'ichi, n.d. [1941], 23.5/8 x 29in. (60 x 75cm.); the second with printed signature in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi, titled as above in Japanese, and dated in pencil 1937, paper watermark UH, and numbered 6/20, 24.3/8 x 34in. (61.9 x 86.3cm.); the third with stamped signature in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi, sealed Un, signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1962, titled as above and numbered Artist's proof, 20 x 17in. (52 x 43.2cm.); the fourth signed Hiratsuka Un'ichi in Japanese, sealed Hiratsuka Un'ichi, dated 1958, numbered 2/50, 16 x 19in. (41.9 x 49.5cm.), the first with stains, worn edges and laid down on cardboard, the second slight tape stains, slightly creased, the third with slight creasing, the fourth with slight tape marks and creases (4)
Daimon Gate Koyasan
Keijo Nandai-mon (Great South Gate, Seoul)
Rosu Angurusu no chugetsu (Moon in daylight, Los Angeles)
Off Irozaki
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka, the first with stamped signature in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi and sealed Hiratsuka Un'ichi, n.d. [1941], 23.5/8 x 29in. (60 x 75cm.); the second with printed signature in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi, titled as above in Japanese, and dated in pencil 1937, paper watermark UH, and numbered 6/20, 24.3/8 x 34in. (61.9 x 86.3cm.); the third with stamped signature in Japanese Hiratsuka Un'ichi, sealed Un, signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1962, titled as above and numbered Artist's proof, 20 x 17in. (52 x 43.2cm.); the fourth signed Hiratsuka Un'ichi in Japanese, sealed Hiratsuka Un'ichi, dated 1958, numbered 2/50, 16 x 19in. (41.9 x 49.5cm.), the first with stains, worn edges and laid down on cardboard, the second slight tape stains, slightly creased, the third with slight creasing, the fourth with slight tape marks and creases (4)
Provenance
The first, Lilla S. Perry
The second, Los Angeles, purchased from the artist
The third, Hiratsuka Un'ichi
The fourth, purchased from the artist
The second, Los Angeles, purchased from the artist
The third, Hiratsuka Un'ichi
The fourth, purchased from the artist