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<b>OMORI COAST</b> / Kawase Hasui1930<b>SOLD</b></em>
ARTIST: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
TITLE: Omori Coast
SERIES: Twenty Views of Tokyo
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: 1930
DIMENSIONS: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches
PUBLISHER: S. Watanabe Print Co.
CONDITION: Pristine, with sharp and vivid colors—no condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, pl. 164
NOTE: Watanabe C-Type Seal; early pre-war printing
ARTIST: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
TITLE: Omori Coast
SERIES: Twenty Views of Tokyo
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: 1930
DIMENSIONS: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches
PUBLISHER: S. Watanabe Print Co.
CONDITION: Pristine, with sharp and vivid colors—no condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, pl. 164
NOTE: Watanabe C-Type Seal; early pre-war printing
ARTIST: Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
TITLE: Omori Coast
SERIES: Twenty Views of Tokyo
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: 1930
DIMENSIONS: 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches
PUBLISHER: S. Watanabe Print Co.
CONDITION: Pristine, with sharp and vivid colors—no condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Kendall H. Brown, Kawase Hasui: The Complete Woodblock Prints, 2003, pl. 164
NOTE: Watanabe C-Type Seal; early pre-war printing
Details
As the Victorian-era writer, John Ruskin, once wrote, “Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight” and no Shin Hanga artist better understood this color than Hasui. The print depicts a newly minted night with its myriad of blues meandering throughout the scene. There must have been dozens of impressions of blue done by the printers to capture the intensity and variety of this color in one single print.
Connoisseur's Note
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.
