Nude on a beach (keyblock for an unpublished print)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Ishikawa's prints are relatively uncommon in the market. When available, good examples find ready buyers.
This rare keyblock impression for an unpublished print shows a nude woman on a beach, preserved in the stark black-and-white state before color impressions were applied. The keyblock reveals Ishikawa Toraji's draftsmanship in its purest form, with every contour of the figure and the surrounding seascape defined by carved lines alone. As an unpublished work, the print offers a window into Toraji's creative process, showing a composition that was designed and carved but never brought to completion as a full color edition. The beach setting combines two of his recurring interests, the nude figure and the coastal landscape, in a work that exists only in this preliminary state.
Mutsu Tsuta onsen
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
1943
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
1924
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nude on a beach (keyblock for an unpublished print) was created by Ishikawa Toraji (石川寅治).
Nude on a beach (keyblock for an unpublished print) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Nude on a beach (keyblock for an unpublished print) depicts nude and seascapes.
