Shinsui | Fireworks, Second Collection of Modern Beauties
伊東深水 Ito Shinsui（1898-1972）
现代美人集第二辑 花火
Fireworks, from the series of Second Collection of Modern Beauties
1932
木版画｜纵绘大大判｜43cm×28cm
Woodblock-print ｜Large Oban tate-e｜43cm×28cm
限定250枚的35枚；品相非常好
250 limited edition, number 35; very good condition
$4,300
花火，即烟火，日本夏季必不可少的风物诗。不论是手持的线香类“仙女棒”，还是升空的朵朵硕大礼花，都承载着一代又一代的人们对热烈夏日的种种美好期待。只听“咻”地一声响，一朵礼花绽放在夜空，直照耀得周天亮如白昼。本是令人欣喜不已的画面，却没能让坐在竹床上的这位姑娘露出笑容。身穿一袭蓝白相间清爽和服的她有着标准“深水式美人”的特点，秀发浓密乌黑，仪态优雅健康，本就如雪的肌肤在焰光的映照下，更显洁白出众。长长的睫毛下，一双黑亮的眸子却盯着烟花坠落的方向出神，原本在手中扇凉的蓝涡纹团扇，此刻也已停下，心中的愁绪，似乎如背景大片的灰黑般幽深。深水以乐景衬哀情，含蓄而深刻，令观者久久难以忘怀。
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Ito Shinsui (1898-1972）
Ito Shinsui is best known for his Shin Hanga portraits, often three-quarters, of beautiful women. But he produced several memorable, and memorably tonal, landscapes during his career.
Born in 1898 in a fast-modernizing Japan, he started work as a factory worker before his obvious talent got him promoted to the design department. Later, his paintings caught the eye of Watanabe Shozaburo, who added him to his roster of Shin Hanga stars. From this point on, beautiful women were almost Shinsui’s entire repetoire, although during World War II he did travel to Indonesia to produce designs depicting life there. His remarkable life spanned a tumultuous time indeed, and he died in 1972.