Bookplate Art Deco reveals Sekino's engagement with Western design movements, applying Art Deco geometry to the intimate format of an ex libris print. Bookplate designs by major artists have their own dedicated collector following. This artist-pulled piece typically sells for $150-$400, reflecting the smaller format.
A mid-century etching worked in an Art Deco idiom, this bookplate design demonstrates Sekino's fluency in Western printmaking traditions alongside his woodblock work. The geometric stylization and ornamental precision of Art Deco provided a useful counterweight to the organic mark-making of his hanga practice, and Sekino produced a number of etched bookplates for collectors and literary figures throughout the 1940s and 1950s.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Bookplate (Art Deco) was created by Jun'ichiro Sekino (関野準一郎) in mid–20th century.
Bookplate (Art Deco) uses Etching, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on etching.
Bookplate (Art Deco) measures 34.9 × 43 cm.
