Catalog ID: 10758
Artist: Ito Shinsui
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Beauties
Edition: First State
Date: 1925
Publisher: Isetatsu Publishing Co.
Reference No.: The Female Image #47
Size: 15 -3/4 x 10 -3/4 "
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors
Notes: A seldom seen first state example. This design was part of a collaborative series of woodblock prints issued by the publisher Isetatsu (Hirose Tasugoro). The works comprised of five sets of two prints, with each set pairing a landscape by Hasui with an image of a beauty by Ito Shinsui; for a total of ten works. This series marks the first time Hasui and Shinsui worked with a different publisher than Shozaburo Watanabe.
Artist: Ito Shinsui
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Beauties
Edition: First State
Date: 1925
Publisher: Isetatsu Publishing Co.
Reference No.: The Female Image #47
Size: 15 -3/4 x 10 -3/4 "
Condition: Very fine, with superb colors
Notes: A seldom seen first state example. This design was part of a collaborative series of woodblock prints issued by the publisher Isetatsu (Hirose Tasugoro). The works comprised of five sets of two prints, with each set pairing a landscape by Hasui with an image of a beauty by Ito Shinsui; for a total of ten works. This series marks the first time Hasui and Shinsui worked with a different publisher than Shozaburo Watanabe.