{"product_id":"yoshitomo-nara-universal-soldier-atelier-c-126-calendar-2004-etching-131-400","title":"Yoshitomo Nara Universal Soldier Etching, Atelier C-126 Calendar 2004 Sheet, Offered as Hand-Signed, 131\/400","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA single large sheet printed for 2004 by the printmaking studio of Tokyo University of the Arts, carrying a small round etching by Yoshitomo Nara of a girl in a flowered helmet beside plates by fellow artists. Offered as hand-signed by each artist and numbered 131\/400.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtelier C-126 is the intaglio studio at Tokyo University of the Arts, and its annual calendar is a quiet institution among print collectors in Japan. Each year a group of artists connected with the studio contributes one small copperplate, and all the plates are printed together on one sheet of heavy paper around a discreet calendar in green type.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2004 edition is the one most sought after, because of the plate in the upper left corner. Within a circular plate mark, printed in a warm reddish brown, a child looks out from under a helmet decorated with flowers and a small tree, ringed by the words Universal Soldier. It is a compact statement of the gentle defiance that runs through Nara’s work of those years, and it is described as signed in pencil beneath the image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAround it are plates in gold, indigo, sky blue, vermilion and black by painters and printmakers including Gyoji Nomiyama, Koji Kinutani, Tadayoshi Nakabayashi and Tetsuya Noda, each with a pencil signature below. Ten plates are visible on the sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959), with fellow artists of the studio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Atelier C-126 Calendar 2004\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNara plate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Girl in a flowered helmet, lettered Universal Soldier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Copperplate prints on heavy wove paper, as described\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Offered as numbered 131\/400 in pencil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Offered as hand-signed in pencil by each artist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52.8 x 70.5 cm (20.8 x 27.8 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePresentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unframed sheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tokyo University of the Arts, printmaking studio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribed as in good condition and close to unused; the paper is clean and the plate marks are crisp in the photographs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlight handling waviness at the sheet edges is to be expected of an unframed work on paper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eA (excellent)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe signatures and edition number are given as described by the present custodian, an established gallery that offers the sheet as authentic; a team of curators at the Desk reviews the piece before dispatch. Frame behind UV-filtering glazing with acid-free mounts, and keep away from direct sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipped from Japan flat between rigid boards, never rolled, insured and tracked, with freight quoted individually by our Tokyo, Japan concierge team. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. 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