?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
ATTRIBUTED TO GIHACHIRO OKUYAMA (1907-1981) NIKKE. Circa 1930s. 30x20 1/2 inches, 76 1/4x52 cm. Condition B+: staining and time-staining at edges; foxing, creases and minor abrasions at edges and in image. Paper. Nikke was a Japanese clothing store. "In the 1920s and 1930s a number of Japanese designers became interested in Western art and design. The series of posters for Nikke by Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981) in the 1930s reflect the impact of German Expressionism and Constructivism, as well as the Japanese wood-block tradition. These influences were combined to create innovative and dynamic compositions of abstract figures and lettering" (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74444/nikke-poster-okuyama-gihachiro/).
