Artist: Ito Shinsui
Title: Clock and Beauty IV
Date: 1964
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Title Clock and Beauty IV Artist Shinsui Ito 1898-1972 Signature Shinsui Seal artist's seal Dated 1964 Publisher Commissioned by Hotta Watchmaker Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good … (printing date is unknown) lightly embossed Colors excellent … mica lightly sprinkled, gold colored metallic pigment on the lip stick and the hand mirror Condition excellent - very good … slight wrinkle on the middle upper margin, mounting residue on the top edge verso. Description From the series of 4 prints, "Tokei to Bijin, IV" (Clock and Beauty, IV) commissioned by the watchmaker Hotta. The series depicts various beauties and clocks, which had been progressively developed from the Edo to the different periods. Here, a girl sits in the abstract, futuristic environment putting on make-ups. It seems she is too busy to notice the modern clock on the wall. Width 11.4 inches = 29.0 cm Height 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg.83, pl.101
