List 36L - New Acquisitions

2. [SÔSAKU HANGA] ONCHI, Kôshirô, artist & author. UMI NO DÔWA. Tokyo: Hanga-sô, Shôwa 9 [1934]. Self-wrappers, with Onchi's text and accompanying 6 polychrome woodblock prints, the blocks of which were carved by him. Each print is a vortex of images with the female form as visual pivot. Onchi and his work need no introduction - he is considered the most important Japanese printmaker of the mid-Century and one of the most innovative and creative of all time. As a leader of the Sosaku Hanga Creative Print movement, he guided the development of many of the dominant figures of post-war art until his premature death in the 1950's.
UMI NO DÔWA is a remarkable work and a scarce one, it is almost never seen outside of Japan and is by no means common even there. This copy is a bit worn and browned, about very good overall - particularly as the 6 plates are much cleaner than usual.
$3,500.00 #83269

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