Lot Essay
For another impression of the third see Kappy and Marshall Hendricks, Tadashi Nakayama, His Life and Work (Bethesda, Md.: Irongate, 1982), no. 88.
NEIGH BULL WITH LOWERED HEAD NITO NO UMA (A) (TWO HORSES [A])
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NAKAYAMA TADASHI (b. 1927)
Neigh
Bull with lowered head
Nito no uma (A) (Two horses [A])
The first watercolor and crayon on paper, the second and third, woodcut with metallic powders, the first dated 1961, sealed Nakayama in the image; the second, dated 1961, inscribed in pencil Trial proof; the third dated 1967 and numbered 36/65, sealed on verso Nakayama, each signed in pencil in Roman script T. Nakayama, the first with tape stain, the second with slightly toned margins
22 x 14.7/8in. (55.9x 37.9cm.); 32.1/8 x 26.1/8in. (81.5 x 66.5cm.); 31.1/8 x 28.5/8in. (79 x 72.8cm.) (3)
Neigh
Bull with lowered head
Nito no uma (A) (Two horses [A])
The first watercolor and crayon on paper, the second and third, woodcut with metallic powders, the first dated 1961, sealed Nakayama in the image; the second, dated 1961, inscribed in pencil Trial proof; the third dated 1967 and numbered 36/65, sealed on verso Nakayama, each signed in pencil in Roman script T. Nakayama, the first with tape stain, the second with slightly toned margins
22 x 14.7/8in. (55.9x 37.9cm.); 32.1/8 x 26.1/8in. (81.5 x 66.5cm.); 31.1/8 x 28.5/8in. (79 x 72.8cm.) (3)