Mezzotint in colors on wove paper ‘BFK Rives’
USA, 1985-89
Yozo Hamaguchi (1909-2000) – Japanese painter and graphic artist
Signed ‘Hamaguchi’ and numbered ‘129/145’ in pencil
Catalogue raisonné: Matsumura 155
Published by Vorpal Gallery, New York and San Francisco
Image dimensions: 62.5 x 47.5; sheet dimensions: 76 x 61.5 cm
Very good condition
The large-sized mezzotint in colors is an excellent strong impression with full margin telling Hamaguchis mastery
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 800 Euro 

Condition:
The full sheet mezzotint in colors has less faint traces of handling in the wide margin. The sheet is in overall good condition. The dimensions of the image are 62.5 x 47.5 cm while the sheets dimensions are 76 x 61.5 cm.

Yozo Hamaguchi (1909-2000)The Japanese artist Yozo Hamaguchi began to study sculpture in 1927 at Tokyo University of the Arts, but moved to Paris in 1930 in order to study painting and printmaking. At the beginning of the 2nd World War he returned to Japan, but again came to Paris in 1953. There Hamaguchi dealt primarily with the elaborate printing technique of mezzotint, which he developed to the mastery. His very reduced, quiet, almost meditative still lives in this technique -often in very small format– brought him international recognition. In 1981 Hamaguchi moved the USA and returned to Japan not before 1996. (hth)

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