<b>EIFFEL TOWER</b> / Yoshiro Nagase1930<b>SOLD</b></em>
ARTIST: Yoshiro Nagase (1891-1978)
TITLE: Eiffel Tower
SERIES: Trip Around the Orient and Europe
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: August, 1930
DIMENSIONS: 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
CONDITION: No condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Hideo Takumi, Tsutomu Mizusawa, History of Modern Japanese Prints: Yoshiro Nagase and Artists of the Taisho and Pre-war Showa Era, Nerima Museum, 1993, pl. 33
SOLD
ARTIST: Yoshiro Nagase (1891-1978)
TITLE: Eiffel Tower
SERIES: Trip Around the Orient and Europe
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: August, 1930
DIMENSIONS: 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
CONDITION: No condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Hideo Takumi, Tsutomu Mizusawa, History of Modern Japanese Prints: Yoshiro Nagase and Artists of the Taisho and Pre-war Showa Era, Nerima Museum, 1993, pl. 33
SOLD
ARTIST: Yoshiro Nagase (1891-1978)
TITLE: Eiffel Tower
SERIES: Trip Around the Orient and Europe
MEDIUM: Woodblock
DATE: August, 1930
DIMENSIONS: 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
CONDITION: No condition problems to note
LITERATURE: Hideo Takumi, Tsutomu Mizusawa, History of Modern Japanese Prints: Yoshiro Nagase and Artists of the Taisho and Pre-war Showa Era, Nerima Museum, 1993, pl. 33
SOLD
Details
This instantly recognizable Sosaku Hanga design was produced by Yoshiro Nagase in Paris during his 7-year stay. The print belongs to a suite of six designs depicting Nagase’s travel from Asia to Europe. Each work is labeled with a month, year and “a Paris” attribution, the location where Nagase produced the series. The Eiffel Tower design was executed in August of 1930 in various tones of gray. Nagase does a fantastic job of printing the gray with such variety of tones and textures that it certainly provides the effect of the oppressive humidity found in an August day in Paris.
Connoisseur's Note
This series by Nagase seldom comes up for sale because of the relatively small amount of prints produced, as they were executed as a subscription to a limited number of clientele back in Japan. This particular work is even more desirable in that it retains its original backing sheet composed of thick stock European style paper and its original envelope with the woodblock printed label titled “PARIS”. An image of the envelope is below. This is the first time in 20 years I’ve encountered any print from this series sold complete, as originally issued and shipped to his subscribers back in Japan.
