SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)

UNTITLED (HARVEST) BUNRAKU (G) MAIKO KYOTO (G) SIGNAL (A) NUDE (G)

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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)
Untitled (Harvest)
Bunraku (G)
Maiko Kyoto (G)
Signal (A)
Nude (G)
Woodcut, some with mica, the first inscribed in pencil Design Made in 1950 Printed in 1955, sealed Kiyoshi on verso, numbered 9/10, 33.1/8 x 23in. (84 x 60.4cm.); the second numbered 2/150 and dated 1961, 32.3/8 x 20.5/8in. (82.4 x 52.4cm.); the third numbered 11/300 and dated 1961, 23.5/8 x 17.7/8in. (60.1 x 45.4cm.); the fourth numbered 7/150 and dated 1962, 28 x 21.7/8in. (72.3 x 55.5cm.); the fifth numbered 49/50 and dated 1966, 23 x 21in. (68.9 x 54.7cm.); each signed in Roman script in white ink Kiyoshi Saito and with paper slip affixed to verso Self-carved self printed Kiyoshi Saito and sealed Kiyoshi, the second and third sealed Kiyoshi, the first slightly creased, some with minor tape stains on edges, the fifth slightly toned at bottom edge (5)

Lot Essay

For another impression of the first see Wood Cut Prints Kiyoshi Saito (Tokyo: Kiyoshi Saito Studio, n.d. [1957]), thirty-fourth page (top); of the fourth see Saito Kiyoshi, Saito Kiyoshi no sekai (The world of Saito Kiyoshi) (Nagano: Asuka shobo, 1984), pl. 49.