HOSOE EIKOH Otoko to Onna [Man and Woman]

Sale 2166 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 1,800

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

HOSOE, EIKOH. Otoko to Onna [Man and Woman]. Poems by Taro Yamamoto. Text by Ed van der Elsken and Tatsuo Fukushima. Illustrated with rich gravure reproductions of Hosoe's elegant photographs. 4to, gray-stamped yellow boards, small expertly repaired tear at lower edge of front board; photo-pictorial dust jacket, short tear at upper edge of rear panel; card slipcase; original printed bellyband, creases and tears to edges and spine. Parr/Badger I 279; Auer 413. first edition. Tokyo, Japan: CamerArt Inc., 1961

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With rich, starkly contrasting photogravures, highlighted by bands of yellow and bright pink that depict the human form. The first collaborative effort between Eikoh Hosoe and dancer Tatsumi Hijikata, who was an important figure in Japan's 1960s avant garde.