Sawai, Noboru. House of Many Mansions: East / Signs of the Zodiac. 2 signed original color etchings on firm wove paper. Each signed in pencil under the red artist's stamp, numbered and titled (lower right and center). Copies: 26/100 and 10/100. 1976. Sheet dimensions: 66.5 x 55 cm and 66.5 x 51.5 cm. The large-format prints by Canadian artist Noboru Sawai (1931-2016) draw on erotic art from all eras and cultures. They include Botticelli's Venus, Japanese shunga motifs, explicit scenes in the style of archaic Greek antiquity and comic-like pop art sex scenes. - Verso with traces of previous mounting, sheet edges minimally bumped. - Provenance: From the collection of Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Frankfurt.

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