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c1934. Colour woodcut, signed in ink with artist’s red seal on image upper right, stamped or printed Japanese characters in left margin, 30.1 x 37.9cm. Slight foxing, minor crinkles, tape verso. From the series Ten Types of Female Nudes. Image shows a woman idly flipping through a book with a cat..... More
c1860s. Woodcut, 20.4 x 25.7cm (paper size). Old fold through centre, surface soiling, creases, paper loss and thinning spots to lower left corner. This image is from the Edo period (1603–1867). Anthropomorphism of animals including toads or frogs has been used in Japan since the Heian period (794–1185). These caricatures were..... More
1930. Colour woodcut, signed, dated and annotated “No. 7” on image lower right, 35.4 x 41.9cm. Original frame. Born in Bolzano in northern Italy, Carl Moser studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Académie Julian in Paris, later travelling to Germany, Italy, Corsica and Brittany. Influenced by..... More