About This Print
This print, while similar to the print shown in the Catalogue Raisonné (see below), has additional elements on the lower portion of the print and other variations within the print. It is also from an edition of 50 rather than an edition of 25, as shown in the Catalogue Raisonné, indicating that there are two states for this print. The print below from the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art looks to be the same state as this collection's print.
Catalogue Raisonné Entry and Reference Images
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 (Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998) |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #200 |
| Title | Early Spring 早春 |
| Series | n/a |
| Catalogue Raisonné | Number 129 |
| Artist |
Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998) |
| Signature |
Pencil signed by artist - Rikio Takahashi in English |
| Seal | none |
| Date | 1963 |
| Edition | 31 of 50 |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - overall light toning; front of print - paper and glue remnants and thinning on the four corners which do not effect image; verso - brown paper tape remnants in center of each margin and top corners which do not effect image. |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 12.0 x 9 3/8 in. (30.5 x 23.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 11
1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (28.3 x 21.6 cm) (“H” dimension includes signature.) |
| Collections This Print | Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.79.176.89 |
| Reference Literature | See bibliography on Rikio Takahashi page |
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