1960's Vintage MALE NUDE Japan Butt Muscle Physique Photo Art 16x20 TAMOTSU YATO

 

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** This Vintage 1972 Photogravure Comes Professionally Dry Mounted On 16 x 20 inch Acid Free Museum Mat Board & Is Ready To Place In A Standard Size Frame.
Print Specifications:
Photographer:  Tamotsu Yato (Japan, 1928 - 1973) - renowned Japanese photographer best known for his sensual studies of the Asian male (please see below for more information).
Subject:  Japanese male bodybuilder, athlete, model.  
Date Of Negative:  Circa late 1960's - 1971
Type Of Print:  Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Héliogravure.
Date Of Print:  1972 (45+ years old)
Printmaker/Engraver:  Nissha Printing Company, Kyoto, Ja
Paper:  Medium weight clay coat, semi-gloss finish
Print Origin:  Japan
Approximate Image Size:  11.25 x 7.5 inches
Mount Board Size:  16 x 20 inches
Mount Board Color:  Black
Print Border:  No - full bleed print.
Condition Grade:  Fine ++
Verso:  Professionally dry mounted with Bienfang archival materials onto 4ply museum mat board.
Registered Vintage Print Serial #:  51V5TK1
Certificate Of Authenticity (COA):  Yes - individual hand signed COA from Fine Photo Galleries.
Shipping:  USPS with MUSEUM QUALITY ARCHIVAL PACKING
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FINE PHOTO GALLERIES is pleased to offer an authentic (NOT a modern reprint) vintage 1972 photogravure (also known as a Héliogravure) by the renowned Japanese photographer Tamotsu Yato. Born in 1928, Tamotsu Yato was a Japanese photographer responsible for pioneering Japanese photography of the male form. He created iconic black-and-white images of the Japanese male with his nude and semi nude models being mostly amateur, unsophisticated countryside men. Yato photographed his male nude and physique studies during the 1960's in Japan. His work influenced many photographers of the male form worldwide, both in his day and after. He was a close friend and collaborator of the famous writer Yukio Mishima whom he also photographed nude, as well as a long-term romantic partner of Meredith Weatherby, an expatriate American publisher and translator of Mishima's works into English. Tamotsu Yato died in 1973.

This photogravure plate is guaranteed to be authentic and comes with a hand signed CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA) with unique individual registered serial number from the Finephoto Vintage Archive & Database. Under magnification this plate shows a tight "honeycomb" cell structure, uniform pressing of ink and a wide range of tone - all indicative of a high quality sheet fed gravure print. The watermark word "Finephoto" does not appear on the actual print. 

READY FOR FRAMING & DISPLAY! - The expensive engraved copper plate photogravure process and the resulting fine prints make vintage photogravures highly collectible and excellent vintage prints for framing. Your vintage print will arrive ready to be placed directly into a standard size frame. While most of our clients frame our quality mounted vintage prints right out of the box exactly as delivered, you also have the option of adding an overlay window mat in the color or style of your choice which can be inexpensively done with a quick visit to your local arts/crafts store or framing shop.

MUSEUM QUALITY PACKING & SHIPPING! - All vintage prints are expertly packed and shipped by USPS Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation and Insurance. Secure archival packaging includes water/tear resistant carrier, custom made 275 lb. triple wall inserts, individual acid free black archival backing boards, individual ultra clear heavy duty archival print protectors and a hand signed Certificate Of Authenticity (COA) from Finephoto.

ABOUT PHOTOGRAVURE:  Photogravure (or héliogravure) is an intaglio print making process utilizing a carefully etched copper plate made from the original negative/image. Prints are made by pressing suitable paper heavily down upon the inked copper plate which has been intricately etched to varying depths corresponding with the actual tonality of the original negative, This precisely etched plate combined with a fine "honeycomb" screen controls the amount of ink to be transferred to the paper at any given point in direct proportion to the variation of tone in the original image. The result is a true continuous tone print which combines many qualities of a traditional silver based photograph with a tactile feel similar to an etching, engraving or lithograph. Rich in tonal detail, the photogravure process produces delicately rendered shades for a look which is unique in the world of photographic print making. In the early to mid 1900's photogravure was selected (when budgets allowed) for special high quality publishing and portfolio projects, but due to its significant expense and labor, the process is rarely seen today. From Man Ray and Ruth Bernhard to Brett Weston and Ansel Adams, many of the world's most renowned photographic masters have published their images in the rich photogravure process.
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