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Giovanni Berio / LIGUSTRO (1924-2015)

(Stampa Pesci Pesce Angelo fondo verde) 50-color polychrome woodcut (year 1995) Issues: 4 with different colors and papers Techniques used in use in the EDO period in Japan: Nishiki-E: Brocade prints, a term used to denote the coloured woodcuts produced from 1765 onward using cherry and pear woods Gin-Sunago: Silver flakes and powder scattered in the surface to create effects of light in individual plates in order to create identical prints Karazuri: Printing whit parts created by pressure alone, without colour, in order to create relief and three-dimensional effect Kindei: Colour given by powdered gold to cover small areas of the prints with decorative motifs Kirazuri: Mica prints, with the application of particles of powdered pearl and mica in order to create silvered or shining effects Kira-E: Mica prints Wood: The engravings for the contours and for the clichés were made on cherry wood (Sakura) Paper: Japanese fine papers Size of the print: 27 cm x 38 cm Signature: bottom right Ligustro
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