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<b>EVENING ASAO</b> / Kawase Hasui1936<b>SOLD</b></em>
ARTIST: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
TITLE: Evening Asao
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: 1936
EDITION: Watanabe C-Type seal, first state
DIMENSION: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
CONDITION: Pristine, with sharp and vivid colors—no condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, pl. 399
SOLD
ARTIST: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
TITLE: Evening Asao
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: 1936
EDITION: Watanabe C-Type seal, first state
DIMENSION: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
CONDITION: Pristine, with sharp and vivid colors—no condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, pl. 399
SOLD
ARTIST: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
TITLE: Evening Asao
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: 1936
EDITION: Watanabe C-Type seal, first state
DIMENSION: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches
CONDITION: Pristine, with sharp and vivid colors—no condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, pl. 399
SOLD
Details
We’ve all been on this path before--a small winding road that leads to a lake or ocean. While you walk on this path you catch a glimpse of the water from a distance. But how many of us have seen such a beautiful view with the eyes of an artist?! Hasui shows us the familiar, but the beauty of the design unfolds through the poetics of color and light on paper. This is a road only artists keep; where the day is long and sunsets endure.
Connoisseur's Note
This impression, with the rich scarlet in the sky and in the water, is a rare color variant and demonstrates much deeper colors throughout the design than the commercial version found in the catalog raisonne. This print is a true time capsule. It was never framed or displayed and was stored in archival boxes. Prints in this pristine condition seldom come up for sale. This is an exceedingly rare opportunity to own a stunning Hasui design with fresh and vivid colors in its original state.
