KAWANISHI HIDE (1894-1965). Kyokubo shaseichō. (Sold)

KAWANISHI HIDE (1894-1965). Kyokubo shaseichō. (Sold)

Artist: Kawanishi Hide (1894-1965)
Title: Kyokuba shaseichō (Album of circus drawings). One volume, complete.
Description: Printed on thick rigid paper, colphon inside front cover, frontispiece, and seven double-page illustrations of circus scenes. The circus was one of the favorite subjects of Kawanishi Hide, one of the most important artists of the Sosaku Hanga movement.
Date: Showa 9 (1934).
Publisher: Hangashō, Tokyo.
Size: 30x22,5 cm
Medium: Woodblock press printing.
Literature: Nihon no hanga, Nostalgia and Modernity. The Stiles of Komura Settai and Kawanishi Hide. Amsterdam, 2012, p. 13-20.
Conditions: Good conditions.
Item no: MX 34
Price: Euro 850
Status: Sold