SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)

UNTITLED (BUDDHA) GARDEN TENRYUJI KYOTO MOSS GARDEN SAIHO-JI KYOTO BUDDHA SIAMESE TENDERNESS BUDDHA (B) BOOK-STORE SEINE PARIS

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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)
Untitled (Buddha)
Garden Tenryuji Kyoto
Moss garden Saiho-ji Kyoto
Buddha Siamese
Tenderness Buddha (B)
Book-store Seine Paris
Woodcut, each titled, numbered and dated in pencil, signed in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, most sealed Kiyoshi, each with paper slip affixed to verso printed in Roman letters Self-carved self-printed Kiyoshi Saito and most paper slips sealed Kiyoshi, the first numbered 1/150, inscribed in pencil Design Made in 1955, 17 x 23in. (44.4 x 59.8cm.); the second numbered 23/80 and dated 1957, 21.3/8 x 28.5/8in. (54.4 x 72.7cm.); the third numbered 25/80 and dated 1957, 20 x 27in. (51.5 x 68.4cm.); the fourth numbered 8/60 and dated 1957, 23.3/8 x 17.7/8in. (59.3 x 45.5cm.); the fifth numbered 12/80 and dated 1959, 17.7/8 x 23in. (45.4 x 60.3cm.); the sixth numbered 74/80 and dated 1959, 23 x 18in. (59.8 x 45.7cm.); the seventh numbered 17/120 and dated 1960, 24 x 18.3/8in. (63 x 46.7cm.), some with minor tape stains on edges (7)

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For other impressions of the first see Wood Cut Prints Kiyoshi Saito, seventh page (top); of the fifth see Wood Cut Prints Kiyoshi Saito (Tokyo, Kiyoshi Saito Studio, n.d. [1957]), twenty-fourth page (top); Saito Kiyoshi, Saito Kiyoshi no sekai (The world of Saito Kiyoshi) (Nagano: Asuka shobo, 1984), pl. 69; of the sixth see Wood Cut Prints Kiyoshi Saito (Tokyo, Kiyoshi Saito Studio, n.d. [1957]), twenty-fourth page (lower left); of the seventh see Saito Kiyoshi, Saito Kiyoshi no sekai (The world of Saito Kiyoshi) (Nagano: Asuka shobo, 1984), pl. 56.