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Fine Art & Decorative Works Day 2

Sat, Jan 17, 2015 09:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 18, 2015 09:00AM EST
Lot 326

Kitagawa Utamaro, Hawase Hasui

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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(Japanese, 19th century) Four woodblock prints: Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806, Segawa, a courtesan of the Matsubaya teahouse preparing iris for a flower arrangement, circa 1800, 14-1/2 x 9-5/8 in., minor losses to edges of sheet upper and lower left, minor pest damage upper right; Hawase Hasui, 1883-1957, Shrine in the Snow, 14-3/4 x 10-1/4 in., sheet tacked down at top; two unidentified prints, one with seated woman in elaborate kimono, 14-3/8 x 9-7/8 in., minor foxing; one with three women in elaborate kimonos, carrying containers, mountain landscape, 14-1/4 x 10-1/4 in., creases, some pest damage, center crease visible, all matted in Japanese black-lacquered frames . Provenance: Property from the Collection of Robert and Elizabeth Haskell, Little Washington, Virginia