BRAQUE GEORGES, Quatre oiseaux, 1959 sculture Kawase Hasui (Tokyo 1883-1957) was

Kawase Hasui (Tokyo 1883-1957) was one of the most famous Japanese artists of the Shin-hanga (“new prints”)

Off-text plate from the volume of The Memoirs of Casanova by Italo Calvino

The subjects are those dear to his exploration: female nudes

Perfect impression printed on BFK de Rives paper in a total of 150 copies

a recognition reserved for artists considered essential for the preservation of traditional arts in Japan

BRAQUE GEORGES, Quatre oiseaux, 1959 sculture Kawase Hasui (Tokyo 1883-1957) wasPerfect impression. Table of Derrire le miroir, Maeght, Paris. Printed by Fernand Mourlot, perfect condition, with untrimmed margins. Bibliography D. Vallier 1030