Lot Essay
For another impression of the first and second see Sekino Jun'ichiro, Sekino Jun'ichiro hangashu (Sekino Jun'ichiro prints) (Tokyo: no publisher, n.d.), nos. 18 and 19.
Details
SEKINO JUN'ICHIRO (1914-1988)
Watashi no kazoku I (My family I)
Watashi no kazoku II (My family II)
Boy with cat
Owl and oak leaves
Woodcut, the first signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino '56, sealed Jun and with printed caption Self-carved, Self-printed Jun-ichiro, Sekino, numbered 97/100, 25 x 18.3/8in. (63.4 x 46.8cm.); the second n.d. [1957], signed in pencil in Roman script Jun. Sekino, sealed Jun, numbered 4/100, watermarked Jun. Sekino in Roman letters, 24.7/8 x 18.3/8in. (63.2 x 46.6cm.); the third signed in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino, sealed Jun, numbered 1/100, dated 1959 and with printed caption Self-carved Self-printed Jun-ichiro, Sekino, 26 x 24.7/8in. (66.5 x 63.2cm.); the fourth with hand-applied color, n.d., signed in pencil in Roman script Zyunichiro Sekino, 25.1/8 x 17 7/8in. (63.7 x 45.4cm.), some slightly soiled, some with minor stains, the fourth with abrasions at edge (4)
Watashi no kazoku I (My family I)
Watashi no kazoku II (My family II)
Boy with cat
Owl and oak leaves
Woodcut, the first signed and dated in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino '56, sealed Jun and with printed caption Self-carved, Self-printed Jun-ichiro, Sekino, numbered 97/100, 25 x 18.3/8in. (63.4 x 46.8cm.); the second n.d. [1957], signed in pencil in Roman script Jun. Sekino, sealed Jun, numbered 4/100, watermarked Jun. Sekino in Roman letters, 24.7/8 x 18.3/8in. (63.2 x 46.6cm.); the third signed in pencil in Roman script Junichiro Sekino, sealed Jun, numbered 1/100, dated 1959 and with printed caption Self-carved Self-printed Jun-ichiro, Sekino, 26 x 24.7/8in. (66.5 x 63.2cm.); the fourth with hand-applied color, n.d., signed in pencil in Roman script Zyunichiro Sekino, 25.1/8 x 17 7/8in. (63.7 x 45.4cm.), some slightly soiled, some with minor stains, the fourth with abrasions at edge (4)
Provenance
The fourth, Sekino Jun'ichiro