Brunk Auctions
Live Auction

Specialty Auctions | October 22, 2020

Thu, Oct 22, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 174

Two Framed Japanese Woodblock Prints

Estimate: $100 - $300

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
19th century, Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III,ÿ1786-1865), woman cooking outdoors; Utagawa Sadakage (fl.ÿ1818-1844), woman with small figure and bird; sight 14-1/2 x 9-1/2 in.; modern painted wood frames, labels verso indicating artists and guarantee of authenticity by S. M. Shiba Miaynoshita, 19-1/2 x 14-1/2 in. - Provenance: By Descent in the Walcott and Nones Families, New England

Condition

prints placed in wrong frames (the Kunisada print is in the frame labeled "Sadakage", while the Sadakage print is in the frame labeled "Kunisada"), some toning, light staining, and color fading throughout, areas of creasing and warping to paper, not examined out of frames; frames with light wear and abrasions, some paint loss and flaking, losses to paper backing
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