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Farm House in Snowy Evening - Watercolor
by Eiichi Kotozuka 1906-1979
| Item | 51309 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, November 20, 2011 |
| Title | Farm House in Snowy Evening - Watercolor |
| provenance: Uchida Family Archives | |
| Artist | Eiichi Kotozuka 1906-1979 |
| Description | An original preparatory watercolor painting of a farm house with thatched roof. The warm light from the house illuminates the dark trees and the mountains in the snow falling evening. It was made for the trial proof before the first commercial edition. It has been kept in the famous publisher in Kyoto, The Uchida, archives. An exceptional and rare item for the serious Japanese woodblock print collector. |
| Dated | Ca. 1930 - 50s. |
| Publisher | Uchida. |
| Medium/Technique | Watercolor on paper. |
| Impression | Watercolor and pencil on a thick paper. |
| Colors | Very good. |
| Condition | Excellent - Very good ... Slight foxing. |
| Note | Uchida Han is an important Japanese publishing company with branches in both Tokyo and Kyoto. Founded in 1919, the company is still in existence today as an active publisher of shin-hanga in addition to publishing re-strikes of Edo period ukiyo-e prints. |
| Width Item | 3.8 inches = 9.7 cm |
| Height Item | 5.2 inches = 13.3 cm |
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