The 1960 Shop Girl, Cardin, Paris shows Saito's eye for the specific social textures of Parisian street life—a young woman working in one of the fashion boutiques of the era, Paris in 1960 at the height of its postwar cultural prestige. The Cardin reference situates the print precisely within the world of Parisian haute couture that was transforming global fashion at that moment. Saito treats the fashionable shop girl with the same formal attention he gave to Kyoto maiko, finding in both a richly composed surface.
Woodblock print
c. 1833/34
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1922
Color woodblock print
行商人
c. 1940
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Shop Girl, Cardin, Paris, Shôwa period, dated 1960 was created by Saito Kiyoshi (斎藤清).
Shop Girl, Cardin, Paris, Shôwa period, dated 1960 depicts market scenes, children, and daily life.
