Title: Rainbow Angel. Ed.54/55.
Artist: Ay-O (1931-Present).
Signed & Dated: Editioned, & signed in pencil to plate. 1971.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: Approx: H: 76.00cm x W: 56.50cm.
Condition: Fantastic for age, very minor loss of colour intensity. Please refer to photos. Contact for any further questions/photos/& condition report.
Notes: A magnificent design honouring the birth of his first daughter, Hanako, Kentucky 1969. Drawing inspiration from a picture by 野田哲也 Tetsuya Noda (1940-Present) which captured his own newborn child; Ay-O traced Hanako’s shape (age four months) as she lay on the floor - creating two prints in his beautiful rainbow colours: “Rainbow Baby” (#Raisonné No: #199.) & *Rainbow Angel” (#200.). Ay-O documents in his book: “First daughter Hanako born (Aug.27) [plate 43]” (虹のかなたに―靉嘔AY‐O回顧 | Over the Rainbow: Ay-O Retrospective 1960-2006. Published by Bijutsu Shuppansha).
*Rainbow Angel - Raisonné No: #200. (Reference: 虹 -靉嘔版画全作品集 1954-1979. 久保貞次郎編 | Ay-O’s Rainbow Prints Catalogue Raisonne 1954-1979. Compiled by Sadajiro Kubo | Published by: 叢文社 Sohbun-sha Publishing Company)).
Title: Rainbow Angel. Ed.54/55.
Artist: Ay-O (1931-Present).
Signed & Dated: Editioned, & signed in pencil to plate. 1971.
Medium: Woodblock Print.
Paper Size: Approx: H: 76.00cm x W: 56.50cm.
Condition: Fantastic for age, very minor loss of colour intensity. Please refer to photos. Contact for any further questions/photos/& condition report.
Notes: A magnificent design honouring the birth of his first daughter, Hanako, Kentucky 1969. Drawing inspiration from a picture by 野田哲也 Tetsuya Noda (1940-Present) which captured his own newborn child; Ay-O traced Hanako’s shape (age four months) as she lay on the floor - creating two prints in his beautiful rainbow colours: “Rainbow Baby” (#Raisonné No: #199.) & *Rainbow Angel” (#200.). Ay-O documents in his book: “First daughter Hanako born (Aug.27) [plate 43]” (虹のかなたに―靉嘔AY‐O回顧 | Over the Rainbow: Ay-O Retrospective 1960-2006. Published by Bijutsu Shuppansha).
*Rainbow Angel - Raisonné No: #200. (Reference: 虹 -靉嘔版画全作品集 1954-1979. 久保貞次郎編 | Ay-O’s Rainbow Prints Catalogue Raisonne 1954-1979. Compiled by Sadajiro Kubo | Published by: 叢文社 Sohbun-sha Publishing Company)).
