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WOODBLOCK PRINT
"HODO" CANARIES
Artist:
Nishimura Hodo
Title:
Canaries
Date:
1938, published by Takemura Hideo
Size:
oban, approx. 15.5" x 10.75"
Condition:
Fine, uncirculated, no flaws, "Made
in Japan" seal verso
Impression:
Fine, solid key lines, tight registration, and good surface texture
Color:
Fine, deep saturated color with bleed through
to verso
Provenance:
Robert O. Muller estate
About Nishimura Hodo
Nishimura Hodo was active as designer of kacho-e
prints in Shin Hanga style in the 1930s. Most prints by Hodo were
published by the Yokahama publisher Takemura Hideo who was active
between 1926 through 1939.
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