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Shin Hanga Print - GOYO – "Woman Applying Makeup" browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art:Prints:Woodcuts: Pre 1990: item # 596150 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 3542 when inquiring.
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| Hashiguchi Goyo (1881-1921) was one to the foremost Japanese print makers of the early 20th century. The print depicts a bijen-ga applying wearing a light summer kimono known as a yukata. The background is a very light whitish ping with ground mica that gives it a lustrous sheen. On the shawl the white flowers and the green background of the shawl are marked with fine gauffrage – best described as embossing that gives those sections a three dimensional aspect. The black lacquer back mirror held by the lady to view herself whilst applying her makeup has gold ornamentation and her ring has the same bright gold. The print measures 18 1/2" by 11 3/8" overall and the image is 17" by 11". It is in excellent condition and does not appear to have ever been framed. Only fourteen prints were completed during Goyo's lifetime. Due to Goyo's exacting standards, these prints were published in very small editions, usually less than eighty in number. They were very expensive to create and were priced much higher than other shin hanga prints of the time. The blocks for these fourteen prints and many of the prints themselves were destroyed in the Kanto earthquake of 1923. However, collectors should be aware that Goyo reprints are currently on the market. These prints look remarkably similar to originals, but they are from recarved blocks. Most reprints are marked with a small seal in the side margin, something that does not appear on original prints. This print does not have the small seal so we believe that this print is part of a posthumous commemorative edition endorsed by the artists family and published in 1981 that was limited to 150 prints. | ||||||||||
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