SURIMONO: Prints by Elbow.
Preface by David Waterhouse. Pp. [vi]+x+494, mostly printed double column, profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, errata slip and extra page 49A loosely inserted, bibliography, glossary, signatures; med. folio; chartreuse silk, lettered in grey; upper hinge tender at foot; Lovejoy Press, Washington, DC., 1980. Edition limited to 1050 numbered copies. *'Surimono are distinguished from other ukiyo-e wood block prints in several ways. Invariably they are made in short editions, as few as one of a kind. In addition to the usual techniques of block printing, much gauffrage was used to give texture and depth to the impressions' (Introduction]. Item #159103
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