Artist: Koo Kishi
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Artist Dates: 20th Century
Title: Small Bird and Camellia
Date: 1975
Condition: Good condition, Not examined outside of the frame
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sight: 10 3/4 x 14 in.; Framed: 16 1/2 x 19 5/8 x 3/4 in.
Estimated Value: $500
Signature/Markings: Titled lower left, numbered center, signed and dated lower right
Text at bottom may provide more information if translated.
Artist signature indicates the maker as "Koo Kishi", a Japanese artist working in the 20th century. Animals and flowers are a common motif for the artist, channeling traditional Japanese iconography that reveres nature. There is not much information available about this artist, but they do have two works in the Graphic Arts Loan Collection of the University of California, Berkeley, library.
Provenance:
Private New York Collection
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