Nov 15, 2010 - Sale 2230

Sale 2230 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE JAPAN. Circa 1935.
35 1/2x24 inches. Kyodo Printing, Tokyo.
Condition B: pinholes and skinning in corners; creases and abrasions in image; pencil number in lower left corner.
A soft, stylized landscape, reminiscent of Japanese woodcuts of Mt. Fuji, but here with metallic ink. The unidentified artist skillfully utilizes lithography to capture depth and texture in evoking the exotic nature of the Japanese countryside.