Description: SCARCE SHOICHI HASEGAWA (JAPAN, b.1929) 'MIRAGE,' 1974, LARGE, 28 1⁄2" HEIGHT x 21 3⁄4" WIDTH, PENCIL SIGNED, INTAGLIO COLOR ETCHING, featuring SEMI-TRANSPARENT, ABSTRACT, FANTASTIC URBAN ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES/TOWERS with INTERIOR HIEROGLYPHIC, FILIGREE LAYERING, EDITION #XL/XL (#15/15) ARTIST TITLED, EDITION # & DATE WRITTEN in GRAPHITE ALONG PRINT'S LOWER PAPER MARGIN, UNFRAMED[Print was discovered in a large portfolio covered by a sheet of wax paper, protecting it from daily exposure to residual sunlight](Dated 1974)Mid-20th century Japanese Modernist vintage large-format, color abstract printmaking DIMENSIONS: Image size: 19" Width x 23" HeightPaper size: 28 1⁄2" Height x 21 3⁄4" Width [Untrimmed artist's paper] DESCRIPTION: Offered for your review and consideration is this absolutely magnificent and estate fresh, original, authentic, large format, intaglio color etching by the Japanese Modernist printmaking master Shoichi Hasegawa. It's pencil signed by the artist in the lower right corner in high case letters, as well as in Japanese calligraphy. It's also titled in pencil 'Mirage' in both English and Japanese symbols and is the last print from a very small, limited edition of 'XL/XL' (15/15.) This very intriguing, enigmatic piece of Japanese two-dimensional graphic Modernism, has very sensitive, layered hieroglyphic patterning and poetic, symbolic visual language. It's a virtual underwater painting, where objects appear to defy solidity and float in a crystal clear pool of color washes, whose intensity varies and fluctuates. The most identifiable images appear to be some kind of fantastic, abstract urban architectural forms or man-made towers, with semi-transparent filigree patterned detail. Very poetic. Simply beautiful. Very scarce. CONDITION:Very Good to Excellent overall vintage condition. This print is unframed, as it was found in a large portfolio covered in a sheet of wax paper in a doctor's estate in north-central Massachusetts.
Price: 1267.5 USD
Location: Milford, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-07-25T13:07:17.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Artist: Shoichi Hasegawa (Japan, b.1929)
Style: Asian
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Production Technique: Intaglio color etching
Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
Material: Intaglio (color etching)
Date of Creation: 1970-1989
Features: Signed
Year of Production: Dated 1974
Japanese: Modernist
Width (Inches): 21 3⁄4" Width
Color: Multi-Color
Subject: Abstract figuration
Mid-20th century: Dated 1974
Large format: Paper size: 28 1⁄2" Height x 21 3⁄4" Width
Image size: 19" Width x 23" Height: Untrimmed artist's paper
Pencil signed along lower margin: Print edition #XL/XL (#15/15)
Fantastic architectural forms w/filigree: Layered, semi-transparent filigree applied colors
Edition #XL/XL (ed. #15/15): Small edition (last print of 15 prints made)
Dated in white on blue field of plate: Signed in Japanese calligraphy on plate
Japan: Vintage
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Height (Inches): 28 1⁄2" Height
Print Surface: Paper
