Title : Washington Monument on the Potomac River — Washington kineto Potomakku kahan

Artist : Kawase Hasui

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Source : Japanese Art Open Database
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Description : Title The Washington Monument rare: privately commissioned Artist Hasui Kawase 1883-1957 Signature Hasui. Seal Artist's seal (sui). Dated 1935. Publisher Watanabe. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent - very good … first edition. Colors Excellent. Condition Excellent - very good … A pin sized drying hole on the top left margin corner, two smudges on the upper area of the left margin. (To see the backside of this print, please click on the large image until the last one ). Description "Washington Kinento - Potomac kahan" (The Washington Monument on the Potomac river. This design was privately commissioned by Takezo SHIOTA in San Francisco. Unlike Hiroshi Yoshida, his equally beluminous fellow Shin Hanga artist, he seldom travelled outside Japan. This one is probably the only design showing a scenery of USA. Note No Watanabe copyright seal because it was privately commissioned. On the bottom margin, it says, "Hanken Shoyu-sha, Shioda Takezo" (Copyright belongs to Shioda Takezo). Format Oban tate-e Width Item 10.2 inches = 26.0 cm Height Item 15.2 inches = 38.5 cm

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