Saitô Kiyoshi (1907-1997)
A seated young geisha looking to the left, her kimono spread out in a circle, her obi with a white flower mon between two stripes.
Untitled - (Maiko)
Signature: hand-signed in pencil Kiyoshi Saito in lower left
Seal: Kiyoshi
Self-published
Date: undated (c. 1960)
Size: 39,3 x 25,7 cm (image), overall size 42,7 x 29,4 cm
Excellent impression and colours. The red dot in the hair (head of a hairpin) with a tiny bit of shiny gold powder. Upper margin a little unevenly trimmed and the thick paper there a little bit fraying in places. A short vertical (caused by printing?) box pleat in top margin, bottom margin minimally wavy. Overall nice, fresh condition.
Cf. Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), 2004.231.1 (also untitled, only inscribed "(2)" at lower margin. Ref.: Rhiannon Paget (ed.), Saitô Kiyoshi: Graphic Awakening. New York, 2021.
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