Title: タンギー像 (ゴッホ) ("Père Tanguy", portrait after Vincent Van Gogh).
Artist: Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981).
Signed & Dated: Signed in pencil to plate “Woodcut by Gihachiro Okuyama”. Script seal in print lower left corner. Dated: Circa late 1950’s.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: Sheet Approx: H: 43.00cm x W: 30.00cm (Image: H: 34.25cm x W: 27.00cm).
Condition: A wonderful piece. No notable marks or blemishes. Paper intact, general toning/browning with age. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: A Van Gogh masterpiece & one of Gihachiro Okuyama’s most sought after works: The portrait of “Père Tanguy”. A true collectors jewel. Throughout his life, Gihachiro Okuyama greatly admired the work of European post-impressionist master Vincent Van Gogh. Typically post 1954 - once he had established his own workshop, Okuyama Hanga Kobo, in Matsudo - Gihachiro Okuyama continued to create reproductions of influential and inspirational works under his own (woodblock) hand.
Read more about Van Gogh’s 1887 Portrait of Père Tanguy by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) @ The Musée Rodin: Vincent van Gogh | Père Tanguy.
Article: Famous Collections: The collection of Vincent Van Gogh by: Caroline Moore | The Koller Collection of Asian Art.
Title: タンギー像 (ゴッホ) ("Père Tanguy", portrait after Vincent Van Gogh).
Artist: Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981).
Signed & Dated: Signed in pencil to plate “Woodcut by Gihachiro Okuyama”. Script seal in print lower left corner. Dated: Circa late 1950’s.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: Sheet Approx: H: 43.00cm x W: 30.00cm (Image: H: 34.25cm x W: 27.00cm).
Condition: A wonderful piece. No notable marks or blemishes. Paper intact, general toning/browning with age. Please refer to photos / Contact for any further questions & condition report.
Notes: A Van Gogh masterpiece & one of Gihachiro Okuyama’s most sought after works: The portrait of “Père Tanguy”. A true collectors jewel. Throughout his life, Gihachiro Okuyama greatly admired the work of European post-impressionist master Vincent Van Gogh. Typically post 1954 - once he had established his own workshop, Okuyama Hanga Kobo, in Matsudo - Gihachiro Okuyama continued to create reproductions of influential and inspirational works under his own (woodblock) hand.
Read more about Van Gogh’s 1887 Portrait of Père Tanguy by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) @ The Musée Rodin: Vincent van Gogh | Père Tanguy.
Article: Famous Collections: The collection of Vincent Van Gogh by: Caroline Moore | The Koller Collection of Asian Art.
