Itô Shinsui - Hooded woman - image-1

Lot 234 Dα

Itô Shinsui - Hooded woman

Auction 1249 - overview Cologne
18.06.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 3.024 € (incl. premium)

Itô Shinsui

Hooded woman

51.7 x 36.2 cm. Title: Okoso zukin. Woman with umbrella in the snow. Signed: Shinsui ga. Unidentified Siegel. Published Showa 25 (1950) by Watanabe. Later edition. Fine impression, very good colours, mica, yellowed on verso (visible on recto), mounted in mat at upper corners.

The print presented here deviates from earlier editions, replacing the purple of kimono and hood with blue. The hood was printed blue over pink. The bokashi in the kimono was left out. The seal underneath the signature is not one of Shinsui’s known seals, and a Watanabe stamp is absent. However, the print was printed from the original blocks.

Provenance

Private Collection, Westphalia