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Floating World Auctions
9:00 AM PT - Sep 26th, 2009

 

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1925 N. Halsted St.

Chicago, IL 60614
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Hiroshi Yoshida Woodblock

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Title: Sailing Boats

Artist: Yoshida, Hiroshi, 1876-1950

Date: 1921

Medium: woodblock

Dimensions: 17 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches

Condition: Margins trimmed to just outside of plate line

Comments: Exceedingly rare pre-earthquake design published by Watanabe Color Print Co.; brush signature at lower right; unique color variant; first pre-earthquake sailboat design of any kind offered for sale since 1938 (sold to Robert O. Muller); a masterwork and arguably the most important H. Yoshida print ever offered

Published: The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi, Abe Publishing 1996; pg. 36; Tokyo in Transition: The Changing City as Depicted in Modern Woodblock Prints, Edo Tokyo Museum 1996, pg. 40.



Estimate: $40,000.00 - $60,000.00

Starting Bid: $20,000.00


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