AVANT-GARDE AND SURREAlist photography from japan, 1920s-1990s

February 15 - May 14, 2022


Women at Seashore, 1951

 

EI Q (1911 - 1960)

Women at Seashore, 1951

Cliché verre, gelatin silver print printed c. 1951

Size: 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches

Titled in pencil (in Japanese) on print verso

(P5167EQ)


Study for mural for Hall of Nations at the World’s Fair in New York, 1939

Yamawaki, Iwao (1898 - 1987)

Study for mural for Hall of Nations at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, 1938

Collage - photographs, paint, graphite, and ink on paper

Size: 14 x 30 1/2 inches

Signed and dated with German/Japanese stamp

accompanied by artist’s Japanese architect stamp.

(P5169IW)


Modern Girl, c. 1925

 

OGAWA, GESSHU (1891 - 1967)

Modern Girl, c. 1925

Vintage gelatin silver print

Size: 10 1/2 x 4 inches

Inscribed by Gesshu’s nephew: ‘Modern girl - Work by Ogawa Gesshu,

printed in the 1920s approximately in the year Taisho 14 (1925).

Guarantor, Gesshu’s nephew, Eitaro Tanaka’ in Japanese in black ink with

Eitaro Tanaka’s signature seal in red ink on verso

(P4215GO)


Sheepskin, 1931

 

YAMAWAKI, Iwao (1898 - 1987)

Sheepskin, 1931

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1931

Size: 9 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches

Single weight paper. Signed and dated in pencil with notations in other hands on print verso

(P5169IW)


Construction of Hand, 1939

 

Shiihara, Osamu (1905 - 1974)

Construction of Hand, 1939

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1939

Size: 18 1/8 x 14 inches

Titled and dated in Japanese in pencil on print verso

(P2784SH)


Untitled (solarized seated nude), c. 1930

 

shiihara, osamu (1905 - 1974)

Untitled (solarized seated nude), c. 1930

Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1930

Size: 12 x 10 inches

Various notations in pencil on print verso

(P5023SH)


Fireworks, 1970s

 

suda, issei (b. 1940)

Fireworks, 1970s

Single weight ferrotyped, gelatin silver print, printed 1970s

Paper size: 12 1/8 x 10 inches

Image size: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

Signed in pencil on print verso

(P1889IS)


The Night of the Dance Party, 1954

 

Okanoue, Toshiko (b. 1928)

The Night of the Dance Party, 1954

Collage from printed images

Size: 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches

(P5170TO)


Untitled (row of palm trees), 1930-32

 

YAMAWAki, iwao (1898 - 1987)

Untitled (row of palm trees), 1930-1932

Vintage gelatin silver print

Paper size: 4 1/3 x 3 1/4 inches

Image size: 4 1/3 x 3 1/4 inches

Red circular stamp on print verso

(P5174IW)


Untitled (Alexandra sign), 1930-32

 

YAMAWAki, iwao (1898 - 1987)

Untitled (Alexandra sign), 1930-32

Gelatin silver print, printed 1930-32

Paper size: 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches

Image size: 4 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches

Red circular stamp on print verso

(P5175IW)


Die Ganz Stadt (3), Paris, 1996

KAWada, kikuji (b. 1932)

Die Ganz Stadt (3), Paris, 1996

Gelatin silver print, printed 1996

Paper size: 11 x 14 inches

Image size: 8 7/16 x 12 11/16 inches

Artist initials with notations “Paris” and “No 7 KEHL 2” in pencil on print verso;

Copyright stamp in black ink on print verso

(P2130KK)


Untitled (girl with hat), 1970s

 

Ueda, Shoji (1913 - 2000)

Untitled (girl with hat), 1970s

Gelatin silver print, printed later

Paper size: 13 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches

Image size: 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches

Signed “Shoji Ueda” with artist’s last name (Ueda) hanko (chop) on print verso

(P0370SU)


Waga Tokyo, Japanese Kitchen Knife Shop Window, ND

 

suda, issei (b. 1940)

Waga Tokyo, Japanese Kitchen Knife Shop Window, ND

Gelatin silver print, printed 1980s, before 1986

Paper size: 14 x 11 inches

Image size: 8 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches

Signed (in Japanese) in pencil on print verso

(P2598IS)


Untitled (Tokyo), c. 1994

ISHIMOTO, yasuhiro (1921 - 2012)

Untitled (Tokyo), c. 1994

Gelatin silver print, printed later

Paper size: 8 x 10 inches

Image size: 6 x 8 1/4 inches

Artist’s blind stamp on print recto;

Inscribed in pencil on print verso

(P088YI)