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Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Second Series Of Modern Beauties: Nails
(Gendai Bijinshu Dai Nishu: Tsume)
Signed and dated at upper right, Showa hinoe-ne hachigatsu, Shinsui ga (Showa, year of the rat [1937], 8th month, by Shinsui), with artist's seal Shinsui. The publisher's red circular seal, Watanabe, at lower right, and copyright seal on lower left margin, Hanken shoyu fukyo mosha Watanabe Shozaburo (copyright ownership, reproduction not allowed, Watanabe Shozaburo). With limited edition seal on verso, Nihyakugoju mai zeppan, dai gojuhachi ban (250 limited edition, number 58), followed by publisher's rectangular seal, Watanabe.
dai oban tate-e 44.3 by 28.5 cm
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