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.
The twenty-fourth peony in Sugiura Kazutoshi's botan series shows the flower in a state of lush fullness — the multiple layers of petals that characterize a mature peony bloom providing an ideal subject for a printmaker whose technique involves building up depth through accumulated layers of ink. The peony has been prized in Japanese gardens since antiquity, and its associations with nobility and prosperity — it is sometimes called the king of flowers in East Asian tradition — align with the dignified treatment Sugiura accords it. This high-numbered entry in the peony series shows considerable refinement in the artist's handling of the flower's complex form.
Peony No 24 was created by Sugiura Kazutoshi (杉浦和俊).
Peony No 24 depicts birds & flowers.
