Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches Artist details: English, 1833 - 1898 Date of plate: 1903
Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):
"Beginning of the World was completed after the artist's death from a group of two hundred or so incomplete drawings of the story of Adam and Eve. Although the imagery is fairly traditional, the engraver relying on Chaucer to fill in the blanks, I find the piece unusually contemporary. To me, Eve is uniquely unapologetic and active as she turns to Adam while Adam's shame or disappointment is the most apparent. I appreciate this more modest, emotional, and shameless depiction of Adam, humbly holding his face as he walks hand-in-hand with Eve."
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches Signature: Stamped Artist details: Japanese, 1891 - 1955 Date finished: August 1955 Edition: Memorial Edition Publisher: Koichhi Hirai
#51031
Utagawa Hiroshige II
Play of France Court at the Water Street in Yoko-Hama
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (Oban) Artist details: Japanese, 1826 - 1869 Date finished: 1869 Publisher: Morookaya Ihei Condition: Some discoloration along left margin away from printed area.
#48000
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 18 1/6 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1875 - 1949 Date of impression: c. 1970 Edition: 300 Publisher: Yuyudo
#43848
Series: Shiki no nagame (Views of four seasons) Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: Oban Signature: Signed Shōun Artist details: Japanese, 1870 - 1965 Date of plate: 1906 Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi
#43713
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 15 1/2 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1906 - 2000 Date of impression: c. 1950 Publisher: Shinagawa, Kyoto Carver: Matsuda
#31006
Series: From Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 15 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1902 - 1999 Date of plate: 1939-1940 Date of impression: c. 1950s Publisher: Uchida
#31005
Series: (Probably) Eight Views of New Nagasaki Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1895 - 1962 Date finished: Early to mid 20th century Publisher: Probably published by Hirayama or by Matsuzaki himself
#24586
Series: Eight Views of New Nagasaki Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1895 - 1962 Date finished: Early to mid 20th century Publisher: Probably published by Hirayama or by Matsuzaki himself
#24587
Series: Dai Chikamatsu Hanga Zenshu (The Complete Series of Large Oban Pronts of the Playwright Monzaemon Chikamsatsu) Medium: Color woodblock, highlights in mica Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1897 - 1970 Date of impression: 1923 Printer: Nishimura Kumakichi Carver: Yamagishi Kazue (1893-1966)
#24710
Series: Dai Chikamatsu Hanga Zenshu (The Complete Series of Large Oban Pronts of the Playwright Monzaemon Chikamsatsu) Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1875 - 1964 Date of impression: 1923 Printer: Nishimura Kumakichi Carver: Yamagishi Kazue (1893-1966)
#24708
Series: Dai Chikamatsu Hanga Zenshu (The Complete Series of Large Oban Pronts of the Playwright Monzaemon Chikamsatsu) Medium: Color woodblock with gray border to mimic hanging scroll Dimensions: 15 x 10 5/8 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1882 Date of impression: 1923 Printer: Nishimura Kumakichi Carver: Yamagishi Kazue (1893-1966)
#24701
Series: Dai Chikamatsu Hanga Zenshu (The Complete Series of Large Oban Pronts of the Playwright Monzaemon Chikamsatsu) Medium: Color woodblock with gray border to mimic hanging scroll Dimensions: 15 x 10 5/8 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1868 - 1938 Date of impression: 1923 Printer: Nishimura Kumakichi Carver: Yamagishi Kazue (1893-1966)
#24699
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1833 - 1904 Date of impression: September 1874 Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei
#13294
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: Chuban diptych Artist details: Japanese, 1841 - 1899 Date of impression: c. 1870 Condition: Backed for strength. Some minor soiling.
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1833 - 1904 Date of impression: July 1874 Publisher: Gusokuya Kahei
#13287
Medium: Color woodblock triptych Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches Artist details: Japanese, 1817 - 1880 Date of plate: 1885 Publisher: Honami Tomoenokichi
#17282
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 13 x 9 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1916 - 1965 Date finished: 1950s Edition: Unnumbered edition
#51279
Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1916 - 1965 Date finished: 1950s Edition: Unnumbered edition
#51274
Medium: Color woodcut Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1926 - 2002 Date finished: 1948 Edition: 10/12
#47748
Leonhard Beck
The White King Inviting the Red and White and the Black Party to Punish the Blue Knight
Series: Der Weisskunig (The White King) Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 8 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches Artist details: German, 1480 - 1542 Date of plate: 1514-16 Date of impression: 1775 Vienna Edition Reference: Barstcsh 80-150
#15537
Series: Der Weisskönig (The White King) Medium: Woodcut Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches Artist details: German, 1480 - 1542 Date of plate: c. 1509-1520 Date of impression: 1775 Reference: Reference: Hollstein (Burgkmair) 115 Condition: Trimmed right to up printed area. Loss and repair on top center edge and upper right corners. Discoloration in all four corners.
#26161
Series: The Central Office at Chiyoda Castle Series Medium: Color woodblock Dimensions: Oban triptych Signature: Signed as Yoshu Chikanobu Artist details: Japanese, 1838 - 1912 Date finished: 1897 (Meiji 30) Publisher: 福田初次郎 Fukuda Hatsujiro Condition: Backed.
#51352