Mar 07, 2002 - Sale 1927

Sale 1927 - Lot 451

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
YASUO KUNIYOSHI
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Brown ink on cream wove paper, 1943. 195x170 mm; 7 3/4x6 3/4 inches. Signed, dated and inscribed "Yasuo Kuniyoshi" and "Comissioned by U.S. War Department. Original Drawing for poster" by Bumpei Usui in pencil, lower margin, with the artist's red ink stamp. With Execution Scene<>, pencil drawing of a Japanese World War II soldier, verso. Each drawing with a photograph certificate of authenticity from Sara M. Kuniyoshi. In good condition, with some marginal soiling.