Artist: Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997). Title: "Clay Image". Medium: Original color woodcut. Date: Composed 1952. Dimensions: Overall size: 20 7/8 x 13 1/4 in. (530 x 337 mm). Image size: 20 x 12 1/8 in. (508 x 308 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, lower margin. Edition of 200. Cream wove paper. Ample margins. Fine impression with strong colors. Very good condition. Comment(s): Saito was a sosaku-hanga artist in 20th-century Japan. In 1938, he issued his first prints in his now famous "Winter in Aizu" series. Saito was one of the first Japanese printmaking artists to have won at the São Paulo Biennale in 1951. [25029-4-400]