Lot 59: Ogawa Gesshu (1891-1967) , Modern Girl, c. 1925

Silver print on textured paper, titled and inscribed on a paper label affixed to the reverse in black ink, and there also bearing a signature seal of authentication in red ink.

measurements note 26.6 x 10.1 cm (10½ x 4 in.)

The inscription on the reverse reads: 'Modern girl - Work by Ogawa Gesshu, printed in the 1920s approximately in the year Taisho year 14 (1925). Guarantor, Gesshu's nephew, Eitaro Tanaka.' The seal is Mr. Tanaka's, and the inscription is probably in his hand.
Gesshu is an important figure in the transition from pictorial to modern Japanese photography. He was included in the major touring exhibition The History of Japanese Photography, from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker in 2003.