first edition Hard Cover
1976 · Tokyo, Japan
by Hagen, Yvonne
Tokyo, Japan: Nantenshi Gallery / Haruo Aoki, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Limited first edition, one of 2000 copies. Includes publisher's slipcase, pamphlet with text in Japanese laid in. A couple minor blemishes to boards and slipcase. 1976 Hard Cover. Yozo Hamaguchi was a Japanese copper printmaker who specialized in mezzotint and was responsible for its resurgence as a printmaking medium in the mid-20th century. Hamaguchi's prints are distinguished for their careful attention to detail of boldly hued animals and objects contrasted against a velvety black background. The corpus of Hamaguchi's prints are focused on the (truncated)