Rachel Davis Fine Arts
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Prints and Drawings Online Auction- Sale 251

Sat, Aug 5, 2023 09:30AM EDT
Lot 214

5 Japanese prints

Estimate: $200 - $400

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5 Japanese prints

 

1.) after Toyokuni I Utagawa

Yatahira, Sawamura Shirogoro

woodblock in colors.  14 1/4 x 9 5/8"

 

2 & 3.) after Sharaku Toshusai

Kabuki actor portraits

2 woodblocks.  14 3/8 x 9 7/8"; 14 3/8 x 9 3/8"

 

4.) 20th c. Japanese School

Shinise IV

possibly screenprint incolors, signed illegibly, titled in Japanese, and numbered 61/300 in pencil, artist's chop in red.  8 7/8 x 11 7/8"

 

5.) Ryohei Tanaka 

Koinobori

etching, 1990, signed, dated and numbered 'A.P. 14/15' in pencil.  2 7/8 x 4 1/4"

 

together with:

6.) Lutz

Abstract

etching in colors, 1972, signed, dated and inscribed in pencil 'Proof made for / color demo in / Cassill's class'.  7 1/4 x 4 3/4"

Condition

Toyokuni I- pencil inscription of what appears to be gift dedication at lower left, laid to another sheet, worm holes and wear from its age.

Sharaku- both with some old tape remnants along edges verso.

Remaining 3 prints in the lot- very good condition.

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