Pedicure — 爪
- Date:
- 1930
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
$5,000–$40,000. Common subjects: $5,000–$10,000. Key value factors: Very limited output makes all prints relatively scarce. The 'Styles of Contemporary Make-up' series is most collected.
"Pedicure" (Tsume), from 1930, extends Kobayakawa's investigation of the beautified body to the feet, presenting the intimate act of attending to the nails of the foot with the same artistic seriousness he brought to facial cosmetics. The extreme close-up removes the figure from any setting or context, making the foot and its careful attention the complete subject. This radical reframing of what constitutes worthy subject matter for woodblock art was characteristic of Kobayakawa's challenge to conventional bijin-ga aesthetics.
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Woodblock print
1/1931
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1924
Oil on board
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Pedicure — 爪 was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in 1930.
Pedicure — 爪 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1930).
Pedicure — 爪 depicts bijin-ga and daily life.
