Yasuhide KOBASHI (1931-2003): Self-construction

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Artist: Yasuhide KOBASHI (1931-2003)

Title:Self-construction

Series: A portfolio of six woodblock prints.

Date:1958

Medium:Woodblock print

Size/Format:c. 13" x 9.5" each print

Description:The set comes in the original blue folder inscribed 'Kobashi'; each print is in mat, protected by tissue paper; the set further includes an introduction by the renowned scholar and author of books on modern Japanese prints ('sosaku hanga'), Oliver Statler, and a title sheet with a photograph of the then young artist.

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Yasuhide KOBASHI (1931-2003): Self-construction

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Japanese Woodblock Prints

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