Lot Essay
For other impressions see Kappy and Marshall Hendricks, Tadashi Nakayama, His Life and Work (Bethesda, Md.: Irongate, 1982), pl. 6 and no. 33, and pl. 5 and no. 32 respectively.
RYOAN (FUDO NO ISHI) (RYOAN [FIXED STONES]) HEIAN (TOZASARETA TOBIRA) (PEACE [CLOSED DOOR])
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NAKAYAMA TADASHI (b. 1927)
Ryoan (Fudo no ishi) (Ryoan [fixed stones])
Heian (Tozasareta tobira) (Peace [closed door])
Woodcut with metallic powders, each signed and dated in pencil in Roman script 1961, T. Nakayama, both numbered 1/50, and sealed on verso Nakayama, tape stains on edges
26.1/8 x 33in. (66.5 x 84.5cm.); 26.1/8 x 33in. (66.3x 84.4cm.) (2)
Ryoan (Fudo no ishi) (Ryoan [fixed stones])
Heian (Tozasareta tobira) (Peace [closed door])
Woodcut with metallic powders, each signed and dated in pencil in Roman script 1961, T. Nakayama, both numbered 1/50, and sealed on verso Nakayama, tape stains on edges
26.1/8 x 33in. (66.5 x 84.5cm.); 26.1/8 x 33in. (66.3x 84.4cm.) (2)