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Thu, Apr 28, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 319

Three Contemporary Japanese Woodblock Prints

Estimate: $300 - $500

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

comprising: Mitsuaki Sora (born 1933), Nogiku, edition 28/100, signed and dated " '71-7 Sora" lower right, sight 5-3/4 x 8 in.; Masakatsu Ueda (born 1925), CatastrophiA, edition 25/100, signed "M(?) Ueda" lower right, sight 8-1/4 x 7-5/8 in.; Kunio Kaneko (born 1949), Fuji 5, edition 6/100, signed and dated "Kunio Kaneko '84" lower right, sight 7-1/4 x 12 in.; framed, largest 12-1/2 x 15-1/2 in.

Provenance: Uchida Art Co., Ltd., Japan, sold June 1976 for 6,000 (Masakatsu Ueda, accompanied by copy of receipt); Carolyn Staley Fine Prints, Seattle, Washington, sold March 1993 for $65 (Mitsuaki Sora, accompanied by copy of receipt); Private Collection

Condition

good overall, not examined out of frames; frames with light wear and abrasions