Lot Essay
For another impression see Saito Kiyoshi, Saito Kiyoshi no sekai (The world of Saito Kiyoshi) (Nagano: Asuka shobo, 1984), pl. 77.
GYOSHI--NIHIKI NO NEKO (STEADY GAZE: TWO CATS)
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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)
Gyoshi--Nihiki no neko (Steady gaze: Two cats)
Woodcut and gouache, n.d. [1952], signed in pencil in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, and numbered 31/40, sealed on verso Kiyoshi, lower right corner torn, slight tape stains, a fold mark across upper edge
31 x 22.5/8in. (79.4 x 57.5cm.)
Gyoshi--Nihiki no neko (Steady gaze: Two cats)
Woodcut and gouache, n.d. [1952], signed in pencil in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, and numbered 31/40, sealed on verso Kiyoshi, lower right corner torn, slight tape stains, a fold mark across upper edge
31 x 22.5/8in. (79.4 x 57.5cm.)