Autumn
Saitō Kiyoshi
Description
Subject Matter:
Copied from (1958/2.2)
Saito Kiyoshi was a 20th-century Sosaku-hanga artist, a movement that emphasized self-expression and the individual creation of prints. He issued his first prints in the now-famous "Winter in Aizu" series. This series was based on his hometown in Fukushima prefecture.
Saito Kiyoshi spent time in Paris and titled the works he made there "Autumn". Those prints are considered to be very rare and valuable.
Physical Description:
This print depicts a girl with flower petals around her eyes and stems around her face. She looks directly forward and her eyes are lopsided. The background is blue. There is a signature in the bottom left.
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