About This Print
This print is marked marked 見本 sample print in the upper left margin. The black ink marks (printer marks) in the lower left of the image area and the absence of "ひで" (Hide in kana) in the circular area of the artist seal in the lower right corner of the image (see detail below) are consistent with a trial print not mean to be sold. The editioned print is shown below for reference as is the original edition of this print issued in 1957 which used a different color scheme.
I believe the editioned print was one of five "original" woodblock prints included in the book Kawanishi Hide Hangashū 2, issued in 1980 by Keishōsha and edited by Hide's son Kawanishi Yuzaburō 川西祐三郎 (1923-2014).
left: artist seal appearing on this collection's "sample print"
right: artist seal appearing on the editioned print
Print Details
last revision:
| IHL Catalog | #1958 |
| Title/Description | Vive La ヴィヴ・ラ note: also seen titled as Vive La France; 桌上的花 (Flowers on the Table); Hanga-do catalog No. 104 titled the print "Anemone" as shown above. |
| Series | Kawanishi hide hangashū. 2 川西英版画集. 2 |
| Artist | Kawanishi Hide (1894-1965) |
| Signature | not signed |
| Seal |  英 Hide |
| Publication Date | 1980 |
| Publisher | 形象社 Keishōsha |
| Printer | |
| Impression | good - minor mis-registration |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | good - printers marks |
| Genre | sosaku hanga |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 21 3/8 x 14 1/2 in. (54.3 x 36.8 cm) |
| H x W Image | 19 x 13 1/8 in. (48.3 x 33.3 cm) |
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5/27/2021 created
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