Sasajima Kihei (1906-1993)
Girl holding a black cat - Sitting cat against a green background - Recumbent cat.
Three small woodblock prints, created as frontispieces or title illustrations for the poetry magazine Keisei" (形成 - Formation), which was published between 1953 and 1957 by the publishing house Sanshûsha in Tokyo, edited by the poet Kimata Osamu (1906-1983).
Seal: Sasa (Merritt: Ki)
Carved and printed by the artist.
Date: 1953-57
3 original Japanese colour woodblock prints.
Sizes: 10,5 x 8 cm - 10,2 x 8,5 cm - 9,5 x 11 cm (overall dimensions)
Very good impression and colours. Only a few spots and creases, overall very good condition.
On the artist: Oliver Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn, Rutland, Vermont/Tokyo 1956, pp. 166f. Merritt/Yamada, Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975, Honolulu 1992, p. 131.
€ 300,-