$1,000–$15,000. Reproductions and common prints: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Yumeji's popular image means many reproductions exist. Original prints are scarcer and more valued.
A frog — from Yumeji's "Mokuhangu-shu" (Woodblock Print Collection) — appears in this print as a subject of quietly humorous observation, the small amphibian given the same careful attention that Yumeji brought to his human figures. Yumeji's nature subjects often carry a slightly anthropomorphic quality: the frog's stillness and attentiveness echo the qualities he found in his bijin figures — watchfulness, patience, a suspended readiness. The frog as subject represents the more informal, playful end of his printmaking practice.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Frog / Takehisa Yumeji Mokuhangu-shu was created by Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二).
Frog / Takehisa Yumeji Mokuhangu-shu depicts animals.
