Lot Essay
For another impression of the first, second, third and fourth see Sekino Jun'ichiro, Sekino Jun'ichiro hangashu (Sekino Jun'ichiro prints) (Tokyo: no publisher, n.d.), nos. 27, 12, 40 and 28.
AKAI TORI (RED BIRD) FUKURO NO MORI (AN OWL-FOREST) IRAKA (TILE ROOF) MIREENU (MYLENE) DAUGHTER AND FLOWERS MEMORY OF A LAMB BROWN WHORLS
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SEKINO JUN'ICHIRO (1914-1988)
Akai tori (Red bird)
Fukuro no mori (An owl-forest)
Iraka (Tile roof)
Mireenu (Mylene)
Daughter and flowers
Memory of a lamb
Brown whorls
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in white pigment in Roman script Junichiro Sekino or Jun. Sekino, most sealed Jun, the first numbered 33/100 and dated 1956, 22.5/8 x 16.5/8in. (57.4 x 42.3cm.); the second n.d. [1957], numbered 10/100, 20.5/8 x 27in. (52.4 x 70.6cm.); the third n.d. [1957], numbered 70/100, 24 x 19in. (62.3 x 48.3cm.); the fourth n.d. [1959], numbered 9/100, 21.5/8 x 15.7/8in. (54.9 x 40.5cm.); the fifth numbered 2/100 and dated 1956, 23 x 16.5/8in. (59.1 x 42.2cm.); the sixth n.d. [1954], numbered 33/100, 27.5/8 x 22.1/8in. (70.2 x 51.1cm.); the seventh n.d., numbered 17/120, 30 x 22in. (76.2 x 52.8cm.), some with minor stains and creases (7)
Akai tori (Red bird)
Fukuro no mori (An owl-forest)
Iraka (Tile roof)
Mireenu (Mylene)
Daughter and flowers
Memory of a lamb
Brown whorls
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in white pigment in Roman script Junichiro Sekino or Jun. Sekino, most sealed Jun, the first numbered 33/100 and dated 1956, 22.5/8 x 16.5/8in. (57.4 x 42.3cm.); the second n.d. [1957], numbered 10/100, 20.5/8 x 27in. (52.4 x 70.6cm.); the third n.d. [1957], numbered 70/100, 24 x 19in. (62.3 x 48.3cm.); the fourth n.d. [1959], numbered 9/100, 21.5/8 x 15.7/8in. (54.9 x 40.5cm.); the fifth numbered 2/100 and dated 1956, 23 x 16.5/8in. (59.1 x 42.2cm.); the sixth n.d. [1954], numbered 33/100, 27.5/8 x 22.1/8in. (70.2 x 51.1cm.); the seventh n.d., numbered 17/120, 30 x 22in. (76.2 x 52.8cm.), some with minor stains and creases (7)