Koh Sekiguchi - 秋色の中 (Amidst Autumn Colours)

A tender print from Koh Sekiguchi’s 1998 Music of the Four Seasons series. Against a vivid orange field and warm mountain sunset, a child gently embraces a white dog, while two more puppies tumble nearby. Thatched rooftops nestle into the foothills beyond, their silhouettes bathed in golden dusk. 🍂🐕🌄

• Year & Edition: 1998 · Ed. 20/250 (signed, editioned & stamped to plate).
• Series: 四季の譜 (Shiki no Fu / Music of the Four Seasons).
• Medium: Silkscreen.
  
• Dimensions: Sheet approx. H: 39.00 cm × W: 27.25 cm.
  
• Condition: Mint; clean paper and crisp colour.
  
• Notes: Part of Sekiguchi’s 四季の譜 (Shiki no Fu / Music of the Four Seasons), a series produced in support of the Peter Pan Children’s Fund - a project established by the Japan Child & Family Culture Association in 1993 to promote the work of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for children with serious illness. The Peter Pan stamp is printed to the lower margin.

About the Artist

Koh Sekiguchi (1937-2018) was a key figure in the postwar revival of kirie (切り絵), the traditional Japanese art of paper-cutting. A co-founder of the Japan Kirie Association, he focused on themes of childhood, rural life, and maternal warmth, creating quietly expressive works with lasting emotional resonance. In 2010, the 関口コオきり絵美術館 museum opened in Takasaki City to preserve and present Sekiguchi's work. [ ← View All Works by Koh Sekiguchi]