Enlarge Image

Mongolian Girl
by Unichi Hiratsuka 1895-1997
| Item | 56413 |
| Please enter search string(s) and/or select and click on GO. | |
| Reserve | To see prices, please first log to My Account. New users, please register. |
| Highest Bid | To see prices, please first log to My Account. New users, please register. |
| Date Sold | Sunday, March 3, 2013 |
| Title | Mongolian Girl |
| rare | |
| Artist | Unichi Hiratsuka 1895-1997 |
| Description | "Mouko no Shojo" (Mongolian Girl). Strong, vibrant portrait of a girl in short hair wearing the traditional clothes.
Unichi Hiratsuka was the master of Sosaku Hanga movement. His prints with stark compositions and rhythmical lines have attracted visitors to many renowned art collections and museums all aver the world, including Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Rockefeller Foundation in New York, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and the Freer Gallery. He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit by the Japanese government in 1970. In 1991, the Hiratsuka Unichi Print Museum was opened in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture. |
| Seal | "Un" stamped on the right margin. |
| Dated | Ca. 1950s. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Very good. |
| Colors | Excellent. |
| Condition | Very good ... Slight foxing on the margins. Mounting residues on the top corner on verso. |
| Note | The title on the folder was hand written in sumi ink by the artist. |
| Width Item | 12.6 inches = 32.0 cm |
| Height Item | 11.6 inches = 29.4 cm |
| Width Mat | 19.1 inches = 48.4 cm |
| Height Mat | 14.3 inches = 36.3 cm |
| Related Article | Unichi Hiratsuka 1895-1997 |
artelino offers the largest archive of Japanese prints including prices worldwide with more than 30,000 sold Japanese prints + 2,800 Chinese prints. Access is public and free. To see prices you must register. It is free. - Dieter and Yorie