Imao Keinen, “Manazuru (Hooded Cranes)”, 1891

Imao Keinen (今尾景年) (1845–1924)
“Manazuru (Hooded Cranes),” 1891
Plate 22 from the “Summer Album” in the series “Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons” (Keinen Kacho Gafu)

This exquisite diptych features original colour woodblock prints by the renowned artist Imao Keinen, skilfully carved by Tanaka Hirokichi, printed by Miki Jinzaburo, and published by Nishimura Soemon. Created in 1891 as part of the celebrated “Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons” series, it captures the delicate grace of hooded cranes hidden in bamboo wetlands.

Technical Details & Condition:

• Oban-sized diptych of colour woodblock prints, carefully trimmed close to the image borders on the sides and bottom, and slightly within the margin at the top. Archivally mounted on a single sheet of millennium-quality washi paper, ensuring preservation and display integrity.
• Features artist’s and publisher’s seals on the left margin, authenticating its origin and craftsmanship.

Dimensions:

• Assembly on support sheet: 31.5 x 46 cm
• woodcut sheets (diptych): 31.5 x 46 cm

References & Viewing:

• The full “Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons” series is available for viewing at the Yamada Bookstore’s online art collection: https://www.yamada-shoten.com/onlinestore/detail.php?item_id=41944

Price & Shipping:

AU$336 (approximately US$218.03 / €189.20 / £166.95), inclusive of worldwide express shipping.
Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you wish to own this magnificent and substantial pair of original Japanese woodblock prints, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’ll gladly provide a PayPal invoice to make your purchase seamless and secure.

Paul Sandby, “Classical Landscape with Ruins,” c. 1750

Paul Sandby (1731–1809)
“Classical Landscape with Ruins,” circa 1750 (1740–1765)

Plate 4 from a series of oval landscape etchings by the renowned "father of English watercolour" and pioneer of aquatint, Paul Sandby (see https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/paul-sandby-ra#).
Note that Plate 6 in this series (Gunn 19) is inscribed with the name of the celebrated Italian Baroque painter, printmaker, and set designer, Marco Ricci (aka Marco Rizzi), as the designer.

Medium & Condition:
Etching printed on fine laid paper, trimmed with a narrow margin around the plate mark and backed with a support sheet.
The print is in excellent condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or significant stains—though it bears some writing visible only when held to the light. The backing sheet is made of millennium-quality archival washi paper, ensuring stability and ease of display.

Dimensions:

• Sheet size: 10.9 x 14.8 cm
• Plate mark: 10.4 x 14.3 cm

Plate lettering:

• Upper right: “4”
• Lower left: “P Sandby Fec.”

Reference:
Gunn 17 (Ann V Gunn, 2015, The Prints of Paul Sandby (1731–1809): A Catalogue Raisonné).

The British Museum describes this print as:
"Landscape; a ruin with large rounded arches, running from the right foreground away to left, with a couple under an arch in the extreme right, a couple with a child walking across the uneven countryside into the foreground and two figures talking further off to left, with mountains in the background; in an oval."
(https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1904-0819-443)

Price & Shipping:
AU$198 (approximately US$128.60 / €110.95 / £97.83), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

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Anthonie Waterloo, “The Trimmed Groves”, c. 1650

Anthonie Waterloo (aka Anthoni Waterloo; Antoni Waterlo) (1609–1690)

“The Trimmed Groves” (also known as “Les parties de bois nouvellement coupées” or “Grote bomen aan weerszijden van een pad”), circa 1650 (1640–1663).
Plate 2 from the series “Six Large Landscapes” (also called “Large Landscapes, Series A”), originally published by Anthonie Waterloo and later issued in Paris around 1785 (1784–1786) by Pierre-François Basan (1723–1797).

Etching on fine laid paper, complete with full margins, as issued.

Dimensions:

• Sheet size: 25.8 x 39.3 cm
• Plate mark: 22.4 x 29.2 cm
• Image border: 21.4 x 28.6 cm

Plate lettering:
Below the image, within the plate:

• Left: “2”
• Right: “Antoni Waterlo fe.”

State:
State xi (of xi), with strong horizontal shading added on the hummock at the lower right.

Reference:
TIB 0201.108 S6 (Peter Morse [ed.], 1992, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Antoni Waterloo,” Vol. 2, Commentary, Part 1, New York: Abaris Books, pp. 124–127)

For further details, see the descriptions provided by the British Museum (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_F-3-16) and the Rijksmuseum (https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200272983).

Condition:
A richly inked, well-printed impression with one small printer's crease. The sheet is in excellent condition—near-pristine, free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, or stains.

Price & Shipping:
AU$288 (approx. US$186.79 / €161.09 / £142.03), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this outstanding impression of one of Waterloo’s larger etchings, please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I’ll be happy to send a PayPal invoice to make your purchase easy.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, “Urns, stelae, and cinerary vases of marble …,” 1756

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778)

“Urns, stelae, and cinerary vases of marble at the Villa Corsini, outside Porta San Pancrazio” (also known as “Urne, cippi, et vasi cenerari di marmo nella Villa Corsini fuori di Porta S. Pancrazio”), 1756.

Plate LVII (57) from the second of four volumes in the series “Le Antichità Romane”, published in Rome. 

This etching was printed from two plates—an upper image plate and a text plate—on heavy laid paper, dated to the early 1760s. It features a watermark with a fleur-de-lys within a double circle, possibly surmounted by the letter “B” (see Wilton-Ely, p. 1161, cat. no. 33). The centrefold from publication, has been flattened and reinforced on the verso with a strip of archival washi paper for stability.

Size: 

- Sheet: 52.19 x 75.9 cm

- Plate mark (image): 40 x 62.1 cm

- Plate mark (text): 5 x 63 cm

Plate lettering:

Within the image borderline, in the plate: 

- Upper left: “Tom. II.”

- Centre: “URNE, CIPPI, ET VASI CENERAR[I] DI MARMO NELLA VILLA CORSI[N]I FUORI DI PORTA S. PANCRAZIO”

- Upper right: “LVII”

Below the image borderline, in seven lines of Italian:

- “Tutti questi sepolcrali Monumenti … come abbiamo indicato altrove. Piranesi Architetto dis. ed Inc.”

Reference:

Wilton-Ely 414 (John Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings, vol. I, San Francisco, Alan Wofsy, 1994, p. 466, cat. no. 414).

Condition:

A richly inked, well-printed impression with wide margins, as published. The large sheet is in excellent (near-pristine) condition, with the centrefold flattened and reinforced on the verso with a strip of archival washi paper for added stability.

Price & Shipping:

AU$664 (approx. US$433.48 / €373.27 / £329.59), including worldwide express shipping. Import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

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