#3Bar Sourire (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6)
by Oda Kazuma
by Oda Kazuma
Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
The third print in a set of six — another version of Bar Sourire, the Ginza establishment that appeared in the "Pictures of Ginza" series — presents the bar within the context of a broader set documenting Ginza's nightlife. The set format suggests Kazuma was recapitulating his Ginza subject matter for a different audience or market, the bar's interior now one episode in a narrative sequence of urban evening pleasures. The warm interior of the bar, with its promise of social ease and good drink, was a subject Kazuma understood from both inside and outside.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
#3Bar Sourire (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6) was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨).
#3Bar Sourire (To be Sold as a Complete Set of 6) depicts urban scenes, night scenes, and interiors.
