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Mezzotint by Kaoru Saito - “Sakura –sou” - Primroses browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art:Prints: Pre 2000: item # 407048 Please refer to our stock # Ichi 3848 when inquiring.
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| A delicate and soft mezzotint by Kaoru Saito portraying a young girl with her hands in a prayer position and surrounded by pink and white primrose flowers. It is print # 26/93 and measures 13 7/8" by 13 7/8' – image size 10" by 8". Mint condition – never framed. Saito Kaoru lives in Kanagawa Prefecture, where he was born. He is basically self-taught in the difficult mezzotint medium. Along with Hamaguchi and Hamanishi, Saito is one of the finest artists in mezzotint working in Japan today, and his prints have a finish and perfection which would be difficult to equal. The process includes scratching hundreds, if not thousands of passes across a metal plate until the entire surface has a rough, uniform texture. The plate would print solid black if it were now run through the press. A burnishing tool is then used to rub smooth the areas which will print from grey to white. | ||||||||||||||
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