Jun 10, 2015 - Sale 2387

Sale 2387 - Lot 266

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(JAPANESE PRINTS.) Wright, Frank Lloyd. The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Japanese Antique Prints . . . to be sold by order of Bank of Wisconsin. 93 illustrations. Introduction by Wright including a description of the prints, a list of artists, and an annotated list of the 346 prints on offer. [xii], 163 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, soiled, spin chipped at ends, separating along bottom, ink notes on cover; lower outer corner chipped from cover through margins of page 8. New York: The Anderson Galleries, 1927

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The scarce catalogue (sale number 2120) for the sale of Wright's prized collection of Japanese prints that took place on Wednesday, December 29th, 1927. Sold by the Bank of Wisconsin, Madison, which took over the lease of Taliesin and to whom a greatly indebted Wright turned it over after a fire destroyed the home.