About This PrintWindin the Body is the earliest Takahashi print in this collection. It is a tour de force of non-representational forms which leave the impression of a body in motion, perhaps stirred by an inner wind. While the print is shown in the Catalogue Raisonné in a landscape orientation, the placement of the date inscription and signature suggest Takahashi wanted a portrait, rather than landscape,orientation for this print, as shown above. There may be several states for this print, as the Catalogue Raisonné shows 1955 as the "year of production" but this print is dated October 1957. Catalogue Raisonné Entry and Reference Image #55 - Catalogue Raisonné
(Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints,
published by Abe Publsihing LTD., 1998) | Artist's impressed mark, date and signature
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Print Details|
| IHL Catalog | #132 | | Title | Wind in the Body 体の中の風 | | Series | n/a | Artist
| Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998) | Signature
| Pencil signed by artist - Rikio Takahashi in English
| | Seal | Rikio – impressed into paper | | Date | Oct57 on print (Catalogue Raisonné shows 1955 as “year of production” but has note in Japanese referencing 1957.)
| | Edition | unnumbered
| | Publisher | self-published | | Impression | excellent | | Colors | excellent | | Condition | fair- wrinkling and folding throughout print, small tear in lower right,mounting remnants on verso along top margin and top of side margins | | Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) | | Miscellaneous |
| | Format |
| | H x W Paper | 24 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (62.9 cm x 45.1 cm) | | H x W Image |
| | Collections This Print |
| | Reference Literature | Catalogue Raisonné: Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998, p. 121, number 55. |
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