Sekino Jun'ichiro (1914-1988) | Wild Game (Red), a draft print and a hand-coloured print | Showa period, 20th century

Sekino Jun'ichiro (1914-1988)

Wild Game (Red), a draft print and a hand-coloured print

Showa period, 20^th century

a woodblock print on thick paper, depicting an arrangement of ox, deer and cow heads and skulls, numbered in pencil 1/5 and signed in Roman script Zunichiro Sekino; accompanied by a draft print from the same block in lighter colours and on thinner paper, sealed Jun, and a preparatory hand-coloured woodblock print in bold acrylic pigment on thick paper, circa 1950

77.7 x 60.3 cm., 30⅝ x 23¾ in. (the woodblock print)

79.8 x 60.6 cm., 35⅜ x 23⅞ in. (the draft print)

78 x 62 cm., 30¾ x 24 ⅜ in. (the hand-coloured woodblock print)