16
Seiji Kurata
入墨の男 [Irezumi no otoko] Tattooed Man from Flash Up
- Estimate
- £20,000 - 30,000‡
£69,850
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print, printed 1978.
1975
Image: 53 x 42 cm (20 7/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 61.7 x 50.5 cm (24 1/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 61.7 x 50.5 cm (24 1/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Signed in rōmaji, dated and annotated ‘1975 taken’, ‘1978 printed’ and ‘池袋 文芸坐通りビル屋上’ [Ikebukuro, building rooftop on Bungeiza Street] in Japanese/English in pencil on the verso.
Printed by Kurata in 1978 for his first-ever solo exhibition, the present work is one of only two signed early prints of this image in existence. The other print, printed in 1979 for another exhibition and similar in size, is held privately. Aside from the two signed early prints, only six early prints of this image – three small press prints and three exhibition proof prints – are known. All six prints are held by the artist's archive and are not intended for commercial sale.
Printed by Kurata in 1978 for his first-ever solo exhibition, the present work is one of only two signed early prints of this image in existence. The other print, printed in 1979 for another exhibition and similar in size, is held privately. Aside from the two signed early prints, only six early prints of this image – three small press prints and three exhibition proof prints – are known. All six prints are held by the artist's archive and are not intended for commercial sale.
Specialist