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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)

TOSYODAIJI NARA GIOJI KYOTO SIGNAL (A) UNTITLED (HANIWA HEADS)

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SAITO KIYOSHI (1907-1997)
Tosyodaiji Nara
Gioji Kyoto
Signal (A)
Untitled (Haniwa heads)
Woodcut, the first, second and third each titled as above in Roman letters, signed in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito and sealed Kiyoshi, each with paper slip affixed to verso printed in Roman letters Self-carved self-printed Kiyoshi Saito and sealed Kiyoshi, the first numbered 21/80 and dated 1955, 28 x 21.5/8in. (72.4 x 55cm.); the second numbered 114/150 and dated 1955, 17.7/8 x 23.5/8in. (45.5 x 60cm.); the third numbered 7/150 and dated 1962, 21 x 28in. (53.4 x 72.4cm.); the fourth signed in Roman script Kiyoshi Saito, inscribed in pencil Design made in 1950 Printed in 1954 and numbered 18/30, 21 x 35in. (53.3 x 89.5cm.) some with tape stains on edges (4)

Lot Essay

For other impressions of the first see Wood Cut Prints Kiyoshi Saito (Tokyo: Kiyoshi Saito Studio, n.d. 1957]), twelfth page; Saito Kiyoshi, Saito Kiyoshi no sekai (The world of Saito Kiyoshi) (Nagano: Asuka shobo, 1984), pl. 74.