Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)

  • Ito Shinsui (1898-1972), 'Bathing in Early Summer' (Shoka no yoku), from the series 'Twelve Images of Modern Beauties' (Shin bijin Juni sugata), 1922
    Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
    'Bathing in Early Summer' (Shoka no yoku), from the series 'Twelve Images of Modern Beauties' (Shin bijin Juni sugata), 1922
    Woodblock print
    Signed: 'Shinsui saku'
    Red artist's seal: 'Ito'
    Dated: 'Taisho juichinen, haru' (Taisho 11 [1922], spring)
    Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo (white seal at lower right corner)
    Hand-numbered limited edition seal on verso: 'Nihyaku mai kagiri zeppan, dai yonjyuyon ban' (200 limited edition, number 44)
    Vertical dai-oban:
    43.4 x 26.8 cm. (17 ⅛ x 10 ½ in.)
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