Lot Essay
For other impressions see Kappy and Marshall Hendricks, Tadashi Nakayama, His Life and Work (Bethesda, Md.: Irongate, 1982) no. G and pl. 1, nos. 34, 38, 57 respectively.
KESHIN (KO) (INCARNATION [ARC]) TOHO NO GOGO (AFTERNOON IN THE EAST) KISHI NO NAI UMA (HORSES WITHOUT RIDERS) GOGO NO KI (NITO NO UMA) (AFTERNOON YELLOW [TWO HORSES])
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NAKAYAMA TADASHI (b. 1927)
Keshin (Ko) (Incarnation [Arc])
Toho no gogo (Afternoon in the East)
Kishi no nai uma (Horses without riders)
Gogo no ki (Nito no uma) (Afternoon yellow [Two horses])
Woodcut with metallic powders on Japanese paper, each signed and dated in pencil in Roman script T. Nakayama, all but the first sealed Nakayama on verso, the first dated 1958, unnumbered and titled on verso, 32 x 22.5/8in. (81.4 x 57.5cm.); the second dated 1961, numbered 1/50, 31 x 26in. (80.5 x 66cm.); the third dated 1961 and numbered 2/80, 16.1/8 x 14in. (40.9 x 36.1cm.); the fourth dated 1963 and numbered 1/80, 20 x 12.5/8in. (51.5 x 32cm.), some slightly creased and with tape stains (4)
Keshin (Ko) (Incarnation [Arc])
Toho no gogo (Afternoon in the East)
Kishi no nai uma (Horses without riders)
Gogo no ki (Nito no uma) (Afternoon yellow [Two horses])
Woodcut with metallic powders on Japanese paper, each signed and dated in pencil in Roman script T. Nakayama, all but the first sealed Nakayama on verso, the first dated 1958, unnumbered and titled on verso, 32 x 22.5/8in. (81.4 x 57.5cm.); the second dated 1961, numbered 1/50, 31 x 26in. (80.5 x 66cm.); the third dated 1961 and numbered 2/80, 16.1/8 x 14in. (40.9 x 36.1cm.); the fourth dated 1963 and numbered 1/80, 20 x 12.5/8in. (51.5 x 32cm.), some slightly creased and with tape stains (4)