Lot no. 154
Torii Kotondo (Japan, 1900-1976) Print, dai oban tate-e, Keshō (化粧), Make-up. Signed Kotondo ga and artist's stamp. Publisher Kawaguchi. Dated the summer of Showa 5 (1930). Grey micaceous background. Numbered on the reverse 201/350, limited edition. Size 46 x 29.6 cm There is an earlier version of this print, also published by Kawaguchi. The model is shown wearing a pink kimono and kneeling on a purple cushion (zabuton). Reference: This print reproduced in: Uhlenbeck, Dwinger, Ouweleen, Shin hanga: Les Estampes Modernes du Japon 1900-1960, Éditions Hazan (2022), p.111 An earlier version of this print is in the Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, no. 1963.30.3089.
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