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Author: Perfitieva, Tatiana
Title: 12 Woodcuts
Place Published: Shanghai
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Date Published: 1945
Description:

Title woodblock mounted on thick paper + 10 (of 12) woodcut plates on rice paper, tipped to thick backing paper. With blank sheet of thick paper at rear. Overall approx. 57x40 cm (22½x15¾"), unbound.

Rare, possibly unique publication of these moving woodblock prints, each signed in pencil by the artist, along with a Chinese chop in red, probably her name in Chinese. Though we can find no record of the portfolio, nor of the artist, it would seem likely she was a Russian Jew living in Shanghai, having fled the tumult of pogroms, war and revolution. The prints are a fitting expression of the times, hinting at the sadness and desperation that drew people together.

Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.

Some chipping, wear, and tape repairs backing sheets, the sheet on which the title is mounted is torn in half, title block with edge wear; some foxing to prints, one with a hole evidently from then the paper was formed; fair condition, but the prints very good or better. Sold as is.