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Lot 1551

(3) Japanese Woodblock Prints

Estimate: $300 - $600
Starting Bid
$150

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(3) Unframed Japanese woodblock prints, to include:

- Utagawa Hiroshige, "Sumiyoshi Festival, Tsukada Island" from "One Hundred Famous Views of Ed", no. 50, 1857, sheet: 14.25 x 8.75 in.

- Ito Sozan, "Homing Geese", early 20th century, sheet: 7 x 4.75 in.

- Chobunsai Eishi, "Night Rain of the Matsukaze" from the series "Eight Views of Genji in the Floating World", circa 1797-1799, sheet: 15.25 x 10.25 in.

Prints are accompanied by exhibition book from "Exhibition of Japanese Painting and Sculpture", an exhibit sponsored by the government of Japan that toured the United States from 1953-1954, shown at the National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Art Institute of Chicago; and the Seattle Art Museum.

Provenance: Purchased in Japan between 1945-1946; Property from the personal estate collection of noted photographer and screenwriter William "Bill" Wittliff (1940-2019, USA), from his downtown Austin, Texas studio on Baylor Street, or his home in the nearby Tarrytown neighborhood

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