Lot Essay
For other impressions see Oshita Atsushi, Ikeda Masuo zen hanga/Masuo Ikeda Prints (Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1991), nos. 174 and 443.
SORA KARA NO OKURIMONO (PRESENT FROM THE SKY) MUUN FUESU (MOON FACE)
Details
IKEDA MASUO (1934-1997)
Sora kara no okurimono (Present from the sky)
Muun fuesu (Moon face)
The first lithograph on C. N. Fabriano, 1967, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script M. Ikeda '67, and numbered 21/36; the second drypoint and collage, n.d. [1961], signed in pencil in Roman script M. Ikeda and numbered 9/20, blind-stamped Masuo Ikeda Original Etching
29 x 22in. (74.3 x 57.3cm.); 24.5/8 x 9in. (62.5 x 24.2cm.) (2)
Sora kara no okurimono (Present from the sky)
Muun fuesu (Moon face)
The first lithograph on C. N. Fabriano, 1967, signed and dated in pencil in Roman script M. Ikeda '67, and numbered 21/36; the second drypoint and collage, n.d. [1961], signed in pencil in Roman script M. Ikeda and numbered 9/20, blind-stamped Masuo Ikeda Original Etching
29 x 22in. (74.3 x 57.3cm.); 24.5/8 x 9in. (62.5 x 24.2cm.) (2)
Provenance
Purchased from the artist