Papillon Rouge (Red Butterfly)
Papillon Rouge (Red Butterfly)

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Papillon Rouge (Red Butterfly),

1972

Hamaguchi Yōzō 浜口陽三, 1909–2000; born Hirogawa, Japan; died Tokyo, Japan
Printed by Atelier Georges Leblanc, Paris
x1975-86

Information

Title
Papillon Rouge (Red Butterfly)
Dates

1972

Maker
Hamaguchi Yōzō 浜口陽三
Printed by Atelier Georges Leblanc, Paris
Medium
Mezzotint; ink and color on BFK Rives paper
Dimensions
block: 5 x 5 cm. (1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.) sheet: 25.2 x 21.5 cm (9 15/16 x 8 7/16 in.) mat: 49 x 36.3 cm. (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William M. Milliken, Class of 1911
Object Number
x1975-86
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed in pencil below plate, lower left: Hamaguchi
Inscription
Pencilled lower left corner, recto: 149 Watermark at bottom of sheet: B F K RIVES / France
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji, Showa
Type
japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut
Subject
dots, red, yellow, butterflies

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