Key value factors: For living or recently deceased artists, limited edition size and gallery representation drive value. Signed and numbered prints from smaller editions are most desirable.
Among the final numbered entries in Sugiura Kazutoshi's iris series, the one hundred sixty-third composition represents nearly a lifetime's sustained engagement with a single botanical subject. The hana-shōbu at this late stage of the series has been pared to its essential character — the layered printing technique producing forms of great clarity despite their technical complexity, the gold-leaf application achieving a restraint that earlier entries sometimes lacked. Late-numbered entries in the series are among the most sought after by collectors, representing the full maturation of Sugiura's distinctive printmaking synthesis.
Iris No 163 — 花菖蒲 No 163 was created by Sugiura Kazutoshi (杉浦和俊).
Iris No 163 — 花菖蒲 No 163 depicts birds & flowers.
