About This Print
A magazine and book illustrator and print maker, the artist Hatsuyama Shigeru created a number of prints featuring children at play, including this charming image of five children gathered around a dinner table filled with good things to eat. The artist uses blue ai pigment (a deep indigo color) as the background and gives us several perspectives at once of the kids gathered around the dinner table. As with all of Hatsuyama's children prints the rendering of the children captures the mischievous, innocent and serious aspects of their nature.  Hatsuyama Shigeru (1897-1973) Child with Radish on Head, 20th century Print, Color woodcut (book cover), Image:9 7/16x11 9/16 in. (24x29.4 cm) Paper: 9 11/16x13 in. (24.6x33 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.80.217.53) |  Hatsuyama Shigeru (1897-1973) Contest in Making Faces, 20th century Print, Color woodcut Image:8 3/4x12 7/16 in. (22.3x31.6 cm) Paper:10 1/16x13 5/8 in. (25.6x34.6 cm) Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.80.217.52) |  Hatsuyama Shigeru (1897-1973 Contest in pinching noses, c. 1956* Other Title: Kanji : つまみくらべ Carver: Self carved Printer: Self printed Medium: Color woodblock print Dimensions:10 11/16 x 12 5/8 in. (27.2 x 32 cm) Honolulu Art Academy (19240) * also dated 1952 by other sources |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #618 |
| Title/Description | Untitled (children's meal) |
| Series | |
| Artist | Hatsuyama Shigeru (1897-1973) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal | not sealed |
| Publication Date | c. 1950s |
| Edition | first and only |
| Publisher | self-published |
| Printer | self-printed |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative prints) |
| Format | oban |
| H x W Paper | 9 7/8 x 13 1/4 in. (25.1 x 33.7 cm) |
| H x W Image | 9 1/4 x 12 7/8 in. (23.5 x 32.7 cm) |
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