AVANT-GARDE AND SURREAlist photography from japan, 1920s-1990s
February 15 - May 14, 2022
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)