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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 207

Five Japanese Prints

Estimate: $100 - $200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
(Japanese, 19th century), Minakuchi Station, No. 51, and Kyo Sanjo Ohashi Station, woodblock prints, both from [The 53 Stations of the Takaido,] by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), probably published by Sanoki, 10 x 7 in., each print matted in bamboo frame, 22-1/2 x 17-1/2 in.; two colored lithographs of Japanese woodblock prints, depicting a seated Samuri in black robe and a dancing maiden in a courtyard, both with artist signature and chop in plate lower left, 22 x 13 in., black wood frames, [one glued down]; colored lithograph depicting seated woman holding flowers and reading book, 22 x 13 in., black frame, [tear and loss to lower right corner of sheet] one with pest damage at top and bottom of sheet; one with pest damage to lower right side, upper right and in sky, some soiling. Provenance: Estate of Robert A. Walsh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Condition

one with pest damage at top and bottom of sheet; one with pest damage to lower right side, upper right and in sky, some soiling