Kotondo 鳥居言人: Autumn Leaves 紅葉 (SOLD)

Artist: Torii Kotondo (1900-1976) Title: Autumn Leaves 紅葉 Date: 1932 Momiji. A beauty seated at her vanity reaches both hands back to tie her hair. She wears a translucent robe with long sleeves that features the seasonal scene of maple leaves floating against a stream. As her robe is informal and loosely tied, she is perhaps getting ready for bed. Completely unfaded, with the very soft pink extant on the face and hands. This is a very scarce design, published by Ikeda in a limited edition of 100 prints. Publishers limited edition seal verso reads: Ikeda hanken shoyu, hyaku mai kagiri zeppan, --kai dai --go (Copyright Ikeda, edition limited to 100, --printing, --number). Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. Publisher: Ikeda Literature: “The Female Image”, Reigle, Amy, gen. ed., page 138, plate 185.Gallery Beniya, Torii Kotondo, 1995, p. 19, no. 10. Signature: Kotondo sakuSize: 46.7 x 29.6 cm