MISSION SAN FERNANDO "BELL TOWER", SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FLOWER'S MAGNOLIA UPTOWN OF LOS ANGELES SUKIYA BASHI, FROM THE SERIES SHIN TOKYO HYAKKEI (NEW HUNDRED VIEWS OF TOKYO)
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HIRATSUKA UN'ICHI (1895-1997)
Mission San Fernando "Bell Tower", Southern California
Flower's Magnolia
Uptown of Los Angeles
Sukiya Bashi, from the series Shin Tokyo hyakkei (New hundred views of Tokyo)
Woodcut, the first signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1973, sealed Un, titled as above, and numbered Artist's Proof, 17 x 21in. (43.9 x 54.6cm.); the second signed and dated in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1969, sealed Hiratsuka Un'ichi, titled as above and numbered 2/20, 17 x 21.5/8in. (43.9 x 55cm.); the third signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1970, sealed Un and titled as above, numbered 1/30, 19 x 24in. (48.2 x 62.3cm.); the fourth signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1930, sealed Hiratsuka and titled as above, paper slip affixed to verso with printed inscription Sukiyabashi Hiratsuka Un'ichi in Japanese and Sukiyabashi in Roman letters, 8 x 10.3/8in. (20.3 x 26.4cm.), the first with slight fold mark, the second with a tear to upper right corner (4)
Mission San Fernando "Bell Tower", Southern California
Flower's Magnolia
Uptown of Los Angeles
Sukiya Bashi, from the series Shin Tokyo hyakkei (New hundred views of Tokyo)
Woodcut, the first signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1973, sealed Un, titled as above, and numbered Artist's Proof, 17 x 21in. (43.9 x 54.6cm.); the second signed and dated in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1969, sealed Hiratsuka Un'ichi, titled as above and numbered 2/20, 17 x 21.5/8in. (43.9 x 55cm.); the third signed and dated in pencil Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1970, sealed Un and titled as above, numbered 1/30, 19 x 24in. (48.2 x 62.3cm.); the fourth signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Un-ichi Hiratsuka 1930, sealed Hiratsuka and titled as above, paper slip affixed to verso with printed inscription Sukiyabashi Hiratsuka Un'ichi in Japanese and Sukiyabashi in Roman letters, 8 x 10.3/8in. (20.3 x 26.4cm.), the first with slight fold mark, the second with a tear to upper right corner (4)
Provenance
The third, purchased from the artist