About This Print

A prototypical image from the artist.  This "male" face, using Kinoshita's early color scheme of orange and sumi ink, takes up almost the entire image area.  While dated 1981, the blocks were likely carved earlier, possibly in the mid-1950s.  Kinoshita would initially make only several prints for his "artistic satisfaction" and then make additional prints as needed.  While, as in this print's case, the total edition might be shown as fifty prints, in many cases the full edition would never be completed.

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#637
Title	Face (男) [Face (male)]
Series	Face
Artist	Kinoshita Tomio (1923-c.2011)
Signature	Tomio Kinoshita hand written in English in bottom margin
Seal	not sealed
Publication Date	1981
Edition	15 of 50
Publisher	self-published
Printer	self-printed
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent - framers archival backing on print
Miscellaneous
Genre	sosaku hanga (creative prints)
Format	oban-tate
H x W Paper	15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (39.4 x 29.2 cm )
H x W Image	13 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (33.7 x 25.1 cm)
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