KAWANISHI HIDE (1894-1965). Kijutsu majutsu. (Sold)
Artist:
Kawanishi Hide (1894-1965)
Title:
Kijutsu majutsu (Magic tricks and magicians), one volume, complete.
Description:
A rare book devoted to magicians and magic tricks, printed on black paper, with frontispiece, twenty-four pages of illustrations, final colophon. The circus was one of the favorite subjects of Kawanishi Hide, one of the most important artists of the Sosaku Hanga movement.
Date:
Showa 10 (1935).
Publisher:
HangashÅ, Tokyo.
Size:
Hardback binding, 17x12 cm
Medium:
Woodblock press printing.
Literature:
Nihon no hanga, Nostalgia and Modernity. The Stiles of Komura Settai and Kawanishi Hide. Amsterdam, 2012, p. 13-20.
Conditions:
Fine conditions.
Item no:
MX 35
Status:
Sold