Pan to ninfu [Pan and Nymph]

KAWAKAMI (Sumio).

Pan to ninfu [Pan and Nymph]

Alluringly printed entirely on black paper

Second edition (after the printing of a single copy in 1948), no.24 of 40 copies, signed. Colour woodblock on black paper printed throughout. 180 by 135mm. Yamato-toji binding, quarter black calf over black card wrappers, original decorative printed cover in metallic ink, with woodblock printed motif to rear cover, original golden folded card case with printed title slip, lightly bumped at upper left corner, a near fine copy. Unpaginated, [14], [colophon] pp. Tochigi, private published, 1948 but [, 1962.

£1,500.00

A simple book evoking the ancient Greek God Pan by night, pursuing nymphs.

According to the bibliography, a single copy of this book was published in 1948, made especially for the 22nd Kokugakai exhibition (an annual group show of printmakers and artists). Fourteen years later, in 1962, Kawakami printed this book again, but in an edition of 40 copies. The colophon in these books states that it was made in 1948, but really this (second) edition was printed later.

Rare. No copies in OCLC.

Stock No.

257435

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