May 03, 2010 - Sale 2213

Sale 2213 - Lot 45

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
TOYONOSUKE KUROZUMI (1908-1955) [OSAKA RAILWAYS.] Circa 1935.
42x30 1/2 inches, 107x78 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some slightly affecting image; minor creases and abrasions in margins and image.
Using flat colors, and cut-out images of locomotives, Kurozumi uses a simple technique to create an exceptional image. The text advertise the increase in fast trains between Osaka and Yamada. "Kurozumi resigned from the railway after the war and opened a photo shop in Kobe" (Fraser p. 63).