Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
Japanese Woodblock Prints | Including the Sokolov Collection
The Sokolov Collection
Hashimoto Okiie (1899-1993) Four woodblock prints, Showa period, 20th century
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May 28, 04:13 PM GMT
Estimate
1,400 - 1,600 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Sokolov Collection
Hashimoto Okiie (1899-1993)
Four woodblock prints
Showa period, 20th century
Each a woodblock print, signed Okiie Hashimoto in pencil in roman letters, sealed Hashi, and comprising:
- Late Autumn in Oyama (Banshu daisen), 1970, edition number 25/80
- Maple Garden (Kaede no niwa), 1971, artist's proof
- Castle and Moat, 1973, edition number 10/200
- Momoyama Gate, 1984, edition number 49/80
The first: 60 x 47 cm.
The second: 59 x 47 cm.
The third: 49.5 x 37 cm.
The fourth: 47 x 60 cm.
Having graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts as an art teacher in 1924, Okiie Hashimoto worked as a teacher until 1955, creating art in his spare time. It wasn’t until he retired from teaching that he became a full-time artist. He exhibited at the Japanese Print Association for the first time in 1937 and his reputation continued to grow over the following decades. Japanese castles, gardens and landscapes were the predominant subjects of his work, however he went on to produce figure and floral subjects later in his career.
Many examples of his prints are in the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, go to: https://www.artic.edu/collection?artist_ids=Hashimoto%20Okiie
And also the Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, go to:
https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections?q=Hashimoto+Okiie&sort=rank