Catalog ID: 5572
Artist: Fritz Capelari
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Rain
Edition: First and only
Date: 1915
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Reference No.: The New Wave
Size: 11 x 8 -1/2 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes: Signed with artist monogram and dated 1915. "6 mm" Watanabe seal in lower right corner. The pre-earthquake design depicts a Tokyo street scene of figures wearing kimonos and holding ornamented umbrellas in the rain. Fritz Capelari was the first Western artist to design prints for the famous shin hanga publisher, S. Watanabe.
Artist: Fritz Capelari
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: Rain
Edition: First and only
Date: 1915
Publisher: S. Watanabe Color Print Co.
Reference No.: The New Wave
Size: 11 x 8 -1/2 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes: Signed with artist monogram and dated 1915. "6 mm" Watanabe seal in lower right corner. The pre-earthquake design depicts a Tokyo street scene of figures wearing kimonos and holding ornamented umbrellas in the rain. Fritz Capelari was the first Western artist to design prints for the famous shin hanga publisher, S. Watanabe.