$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 farewell at the seaside — figure on the shore, the open water before her, another person or a vessel departing across the grey water — is the subject of this composition by Yumeji, the seaside farewell being among the most emotionally resonant of his recurring situations. The sea in Yumeji's world is the space of departure and the space of waiting: the woman on the shore watches someone leave, and the watching is an act of love as well as of loss. The horizon promises a return that the image quietly doubts.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Seaside Farewell was created by Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二).
Seaside Farewell depicts seascapes.
