Junichiro Sekino

"Puppet Theater" Japanese Figurative Wood Block Print

1953

Abstract figurative woodblock print of a beach landscape with a boat. The print is stamped by the artist and titled and editioned in pencil. This print is editioned 47 of 86 and the print is not currently framed. Artist Biography: Born in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1924, John Biggers studied at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) under Viktor Lowenfeld and muralist Charles White. In 1943, Biggers' mural, Dying Soldier, was included in the exhibition curated by Lowenfeld, Young Negro Art, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After serving in the United States Navy, Biggers transferred to Pennsylvania State University where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as his doctorate in art education. In 1949, Biggers accepted a faculty position at Texas State University for Negroes (now Texas Southern University) in Houston, where he founded and chaired the art department until his retirement. In the early 50s, he won prizes for his work at annual exhibitions held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Dallas Museum of Art. In 1957, he traveled to Africa on a UNESCO fellowship to study Western African cultural traditions, becoming one of the first black artists to study the culture first-hand rather than through library research. His work was profoundly influenced by his experiences in Africa. He was known for his murals, but also for his drawings, paintings, and lithographs, and was honored by a major traveling retrospective exhibition from 1995 to 1997. He created archetypal imagery that spoke positively to the rich and varied ethnic heritage of African Americans, long before the Civil Rights era drew...

Japanese woodblock print of a field with a cat and birds. The print is framed in a black frame with a black matte. It is stamped with a red stamp by the artist. The woodblock print is in the style of Kunihiro Amano.

Woodcut print of a vase with flowers. The work is signed by the artist and dated. It is framed in a gold frame with a dark blue matte. Artist Biography: Mabuchi Toru was born in 1920 in Tokyo as the son of a woodblock engraver and artist. His father was his first teacher. Later he entered the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and became a student of the sosaku hanga artist Unichi Hiratsuka...

Landscape print of small Japanese city, Nara (A). Signature and seal lower right. Mat board covers the margins which may have date, title and edition. Non-glare glass makes inspection and photography difficult. Visible Area: H 15 in. x W 20.5 in. Artist Biography: Kiyoshi Saito was born in Fukushima prefecture in 1907. At the age of five he moved to Otaru in Hokkaido, where he would come to serve as an apprentice to a sign painter. Saito became infatuated with art after studying drawing with Gyokusen Narita and moved to Tokyo in 1932 to study Western-style painting at the Hongo Painting Institute. He began experimenting with woodblock prints and exhibiting his works with Nihon Hanga Kyokai in 1936. Saito mainly worked in oil painting until his invitation from Tadashige Ono...

Colorful woodblock print by Japanese artist Toyohara Kunichika. The work features elaborately dressed kabuki actors in the middle of a dynamic scene. Currently hung in a black frame ...

Bold and colorful portrait by renowned artist T.C. Cannon of a Native American woman in a red dress with a gold cross around her neck titled "Woman at the Window." Signed along botto...

An original mid century modern woodblock print. This work is hand signed illegibly and titled "Wedding Party".

A nice rare woodcut by the noted American Artist Will Barnet. This woodcut is from 1939 and is titled and pencil signed on the base "Early Morning", Will...

Ohio-born Walter DuBois Richards (1907-2006) was educated at the Cleveland School of Art. He re-located to New York around 1933 where he had a successful career as a commercial artis...

A very good impression of this color woodcut and lithograph diptych. Signed and dated in pencil by Dine. From a limited edition of 12.

JIM DINE Singing and Printing XIII. Unique color woodblock relief print with hand coloring in oil, acrylic, and charcoal and mechanical abrasion on cream wove paper, 2001. 69 3/4 x ...

One of Jim Dine’s most iconic motifs, the romantic Rancho Woodcut Heart work illustrates the story of hope and love through a symbolic image of a large red heart. With the contrast o...