Lot Essay
For another impression of the second and third see Sekino Jun'ichiro, Sekino Jun'ichiro hangashu (Sekino Jun'ichiro prints) (Tokyo: no publisher, n.d.), nos. 9 and 8.
OIGAWA
FUKUROU (OWL)
TAKA (HAWK)
UNTITLED [BIRD, ABSTRACT]
SIAMESE CATS
MORI NO SHUSAKU (I) (STUDY OF WOOD PLANKS [I])
SHUNSETSU SHIRAKAWA (SHIRAKAWA IN SPRING SNOW)
STEPS TO KIYOMIZU
Details
SEKINO JUN'ICHIRO (1914-1988)
Oigawa
Fukurou (Owl)
Taka (Hawk)
Untitled [Bird, abstract]
Siamese cats
Mori no shusaku (I) (Study of wood planks [I])
Shunsetsu Shirakawa (Shirakawa in spring snow)
Steps to Kiyomizu
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino or Jun. Sekino, some signed in white pigment Jun Sekino, some with stamped signature, some sealed Jun or Seki Jun, the first unnumbered, n.d. [1956], 20.7/8 x 15.3/8in. (53 x 39.1cm.); the second numbered 29/50 and dated 1956, 12.3/8 x 24.7/8in. (31.4 x 63.1cm.); the third numbered 19/100, dated 1957 and with printed label in Roman script Self-carved, Self-printed, Jun-ichiro, Sekino, 12 x 24.7/8in. (31.1 x 63.1cm.); the fourth numbered 17/50, dated 1956 and with printed label in Roman script Self-carved, Self-printed, Jun-ichiro, Sekino, 12 x 24.7/8in. (31.1 x 63.1cm.); the fifth numbered 13/100 and dated 1959, 17 x 21.3/8in. (43.2 x 54.2cm.); the sixth titled in Japanese as above in pencil, numbered 5/50, 24.7/8 x 36in. (63.2 x 92.8cm.); the seventh titled in Japanese as above in pencil, numbered 32/128 and dated '70, 31 x 21in. (76.9 x 54.6cm.); the eighth numbered 36/128, n.d., 21 x 28.7/8in. (55.2 x 72.7cm.); the second, third and fourth from the series Yodaka no hoshi (Birds and stars), minor tape stains on edges (8)
Oigawa
Fukurou (Owl)
Taka (Hawk)
Untitled [Bird, abstract]
Siamese cats
Mori no shusaku (I) (Study of wood planks [I])
Shunsetsu Shirakawa (Shirakawa in spring snow)
Steps to Kiyomizu
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino or Jun. Sekino, some signed in white pigment Jun Sekino, some with stamped signature, some sealed Jun or Seki Jun, the first unnumbered, n.d. [1956], 20.7/8 x 15.3/8in. (53 x 39.1cm.); the second numbered 29/50 and dated 1956, 12.3/8 x 24.7/8in. (31.4 x 63.1cm.); the third numbered 19/100, dated 1957 and with printed label in Roman script Self-carved, Self-printed, Jun-ichiro, Sekino, 12 x 24.7/8in. (31.1 x 63.1cm.); the fourth numbered 17/50, dated 1956 and with printed label in Roman script Self-carved, Self-printed, Jun-ichiro, Sekino, 12 x 24.7/8in. (31.1 x 63.1cm.); the fifth numbered 13/100 and dated 1959, 17 x 21.3/8in. (43.2 x 54.2cm.); the sixth titled in Japanese as above in pencil, numbered 5/50, 24.7/8 x 36in. (63.2 x 92.8cm.); the seventh titled in Japanese as above in pencil, numbered 32/128 and dated '70, 31 x 21in. (76.9 x 54.6cm.); the eighth numbered 36/128, n.d., 21 x 28.7/8in. (55.2 x 72.7cm.); the second, third and fourth from the series Yodaka no hoshi (Birds and stars), minor tape stains on edges (8)